Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images. Medicine involves leadership.

Training 13

Training Leadership Health Care Education 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In 2015 Doreetha Daniels received her associate degree in social sciences from College of the Canyons, in Santa Clarita, California. Few of us will pursue college degrees as nonagenarians, or even as mid-career professionals (though recent statistics indicate that increasing numbers of people are pursuing college degrees at advanced ages).

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Their goal is to attract, engage, develop and retain employees – moving talent into, through and out of the organization. HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

By 2015 we'll have more Americans over 60 than under 15 — and that's just the beginning. Demographers are predicting that more than half the children born in the developed world since 2000 will live to 100. It will likewise demand new opportunities and innovations, if we are to help those many millions seeking encore careers.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Finance Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2015

This declaration is often in inverse proportion to how well-known the person is; back in the early days of my consulting career, I, too, clamored to label myself an “expert,” as though that would assuage potential clients who had never heard of me. Not so much.

Influence 8

Influence Audience Media Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Many come from families with incomes below the poverty line and suffer from lack of educational and career supports. Virtually every company we spoke to relied on nonprofit intermediaries to find candidates who had committed to training programs or apprenticeships in both hard and soft skills for the chance of stepping onto a career ladder.

Organization 8

Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The United States spends 40% more per patient than other developed countries but suffers the worse overall health outcomes. Instead of being reactive and treating conditions already present, the objective should be to proactively identify children at risk before they develop a health condition and keep them on the path to wellness.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

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