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The Art of a Seamless Board Transition: Mastering Succession Planning

N2Growth Blog

All of which are key factors in career satisfaction, talent retention, and employee engagement. The process of identifying future leaders is not limited to skill identification. This reduces the possibility of a skill or experience gap when they eventually step into new leadership roles.

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Use the Right Scorecard

Lead Change Blog

Mom had moved in about a month earlier, and this wasn’t the first time she’d commented on my inferior housekeeping skills. Someone’s assessment of my cleaning skills wasn’t a factor in how I measured my worth. If the neighbors drop-in, they’ll think you’re a bad housekeeper.”.

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Navigating the Emotional Side of a Career Transition

Harvard Business Review

Let me begin this post with a personal confession: Although I’ve talked with many managers about career transitions over the years, I’ve never had a career transition myself until now. Staying with one firm for an entire career is unusual amid today’s serial job progressions and longer life spans.

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Work-Family Guilt Is Wasted Energy

Harvard Business Review

The implication is that women "choose" to gear down their careers in favor of work-life balance. The real issue is to develop the corporate leadership skills to manage a feminizing talent pool and a feminizing customer base. These skills are still scarce. This isn't about being nice, it's about being skilled.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Rather, they were abandoning their businesses because of bad bookkeeping.

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative. Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative.

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The Big Picture of Business – Becoming a Legend

Strategy Driven

The art with which we build our careers and our legacy is a journey that benefits many others along the way. However, recognition programs are a balanced scorecard that involves the scrutiny of the company and its leaders by credible outside sources. Understands that careers evolve. by Hank Moore. About the Author.