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What Younger Workers Can Learn from Older Workers, and Vice Versa

Harvard Business Review

Coaching and mentoring across age groups makes sense. Both the differences and the similarities enhance the possibility for bidirectional cross-generational mentoring and coaching. So it makes sense for the old to share their insights about finances with the young. There is surely much each can learn from the other.

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Why “Network More” Is Bad Advice for Women

Harvard Business Review

When well-meaning people give advice to young women about how to get ahead, networking is almost always at the top of the list. Find a mentor — no, a sponsor ! A new study suggests that perhaps this network-your-way-to-the-top advice is, for women, a tad overblown. ” Promoting someone based on measurable competence!

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