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Practicing Patience and Faith

Persuasive Powerhouse

I work for a telecommunications company and occasionally I’m in the field dressing fiber optic cable in cabinet. Honestly – I can’t take credit because my writing isn’t my own. It comes from the work my clients do. They are amazing. Matt Ulinski: October 21, 2010 at 2:07 pm Mary, it really is the little things.

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4 Ways to Become a Better Learner

Harvard Business Review

The CEO sitting across from me is explaining how he and the other executives of a telecommunications firm were caught off guard by a new technology that disrupted the firm’s business. He believes this is vital not only for better performance now, but also for the continued success of his career. What did our CEO learn?

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When You’re the Person Your Colleagues Always Vent To

Harvard Business Review

Divani (not her real name) is a senior analyst at a large telecommunications firm. ” But the year before I spoke to her, Divani’s organization was going through a major change initiative: “I already had so much on my plate and so many colleagues were leaning on me, turning to me to process, commiserate, ask for advice. .”

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So You Want to Join a Board

Harvard Business Review

One of us (Fred) was invited to join one important board seat (Time Warner) in large part because his expertise in the highly regulated realm of health care could be applied to the increasingly regulated world of global telecommunications. So look for moments in your career where your judgment of others has made a winning difference.

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Pursuing Entrepreneurial Companies: Grad Advice | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

Pursuing Entrepreneurial Companies: Grad Advice. To ‘entrepreneurs in waiting’ who want to begin their careers in a corporation, I suggest the following: 1. Social media, telecommunications, high tech are today’s rising stars. To Scully he said, “Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your career or change the world?”

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