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The Science Behind Getting Ahead At Work

Eric Jacobson

The 2018 study [ii] Exploring the future of work: results of the futures forum study , which examines expert opinions on the future of work, found that there will be less need for mid-level managers over the next ten years. This is something that both managers and individual contributors will need to grapple with.

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The Big Picture of Business – How Business Advice Turns Into Company Strategy

Strategy Driven

Appointed agency heads in a government bureaucracy. Caretakers of corporate bureaucracies, departmental supervisors, short-term clients, referral sources for business development and those who dangle carrots under people’s noses. Copyright 2007-2018 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Temporary Caretakers of an Office.

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Why There’s No Such Thing as a Corporate Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

Five things differentiate the former from the latter: Bureaucracy and politics. Employees of large companies just don’t go to those lengths, and often, the corporate strategy or leadership changes and doesn’t allow them to persist in perfecting a new concept.

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How to Negotiate After a Staggering Defeat: A Playbook for Democrats

Harvard Business Review

We’ve heard a lot about how the Democrats need new leadership. From a negotiation perspective, I’d advise Democrats to leverage many of these developments to energize their base with an eye to the 2018 midterm elections. This is problematic even in the best of times. When times are bad, it can be fatal.