Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

In his retirement announcement , Pichette gave voice to the sentiments of countless mid-career professionals when he asserted that “Life is wonderful” but it also involves a series of tradeoffs between professional endeavors and commitments to family and community. Whose career will take priority? Mid-Career Crisis.

Career 8

Career Chief Financial Officer Cooper Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

In addition, according to the World Bank , women now constitute 40%–50% of the workforce in many countries around the world, meaning work outside the home is impacting men and women more equally. Conversely, many women would love to pursue their careers but feel pressure to stay at home with children. In the U.S.

Constraint 8

Constraint Career Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

It's not about keeping the relationship happy, but about making both members of the couple aware of the career path that might be most promising for the young woman at the bank. By long tradition, women in that country face strong social and cultural constraints on their mobility and professional aspirations.

Microfinance 14

Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Many employees are encouraged to “just be yourself,” only to find their authenticity — and their career ambitions — constrained by unwritten office rules about appearance, speech, and behavior. Is assimilation a smart career strategy or a sellout, a compromise to your authenticity or just a compromise?

EPS 8

EPS Hypercompetition Diversity Constraint 8

LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

It’s all based on just watching the many hundreds of thousands of businesses that I’ve worked with, the 42 that I’ve personally launched in my career as a serial entrepreneur. We can’t stay in those constraints and just be a visionary, operator, or processor. This is all observational stuff.

Brainstorming 60

Brainstorming Learning-by-Doing Operations Leadership Styles 60

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Without the constraints of money and responsibilities of your business, what will be your “reasons to keep trying” as Persson put it? ” (Disclosure: both were sponsored by banks.). How will this impact friendships? Then there’s the issue of purpose and motivation. Accept that this will be a reinvention process.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Follow-up Constraint Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

” Multivocal leadership is not about gaining technical proficiency in multiple areas – Cosimo knew banking, but not trading, merchandising, or other areas of expertise, and he didn’t have the time to gain even nominal proficiency in other areas. Be honest with yourself about your capabilities and constraints.

Team 8

Team Self-aware Diversity Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

Gustav Mahler’s wife bribed the neighbors with opera tickets to keep their dogs quiet while he was composing — even though she was bitterly disappointed when he forced her to give up her own promising musical career. Eliot, who found it much easier to write once he had a day job in a bank than as a starving poet; and even F.

Letter 15

Letter Constraint Follow-up Simon 15

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Your career depended on that business going forward, and the numbers that mattered had to do with the performance of that business, not with Sony as a whole. I’m thinking of HDFC Bank in India, Yahoo! Most business models grow up in an era when certain kinds of constraints are difficult to overcome. Take newspapers.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50