Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Susan graduated from Penn State with a BS in Finance and International Business. After 14 years she made a career leap from implementing technology systems to transforming human systems. Looking back I think that planted the seeds that ultimately lead me to venture off on my own later in my career.”

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Learning-by-Doing Self-aware System Technology 150

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

When I ask students graduating from Harvard Business School what they’re doing next, I often get some version of “I’m going into finance but…” Then they quickly explain that finance is just a way station on the route to nobler goals. These are rich questions that do not yield to simple analysis.

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Finance Insurance Career Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and intense financial pressures to earn. How should you address a mid-career crisis? Mid-career malaise runs deep. One of the biggest culprits of middle-age career malaise is boredom.

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Career How To Learning-by-Doing Constraint 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

” In finance, for example, that might mean believing — based on no evidence — that only MBA graduates from an elite university are likely to succeed at their jobs. ” The Power of Additive Contribution. The lessons people learn throughout their careers are often the key to uncovering their additive contribution.

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Power Management Diversity CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

That’s why so many, lured by the promise of flexible hours, higher rates, and location independence, are intrigued by the idea of becoming a consultant or coach when they retire from their “official” career. Any career change is disruptive to a certain extent. that your retirement and new career might entail.

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Consultative How To Career Planning 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2016

Beginning in 1908, at the urging of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, Hill began an intensive study of the traits that produce personal greatness in any field, from finance and science to art and politics. Like Hill, I began my career as a journalist. I sought and found a successful career in publishing. But I was unhappy.

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Definition Power Open-book Finance 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

Roivant was addressing some sobering realities: In 2016, only 22 new drugs were approved by the U.S. While virtually all pharma companies say they encourage risk, in reality the failure of individual drug-development programs frequently results in career damage or even job loss for the research teams involved.

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Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9