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Many Employees Have a Mid-Career Crisis. Here’s How Employers Can Help

Harvard Business Review

The “midcareer crisis” is a real phenomenon for many workers; research has shown that career satisfaction bottoms out when people are in the middle of their careers. What about the wide swath of employees who are in the middle of their careers? For many managers, the problem is seeing those employees through to the other side.

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What Government Should Relearn from Business (And It's Not Efficiency)

Harvard Business Review

Benchmarking was a key feature of President Clinton's effort at Reinventing Government. Public variants of outsourcing were pushed as part of George W. After all, the best-run companies might have a thing or two to teach this D.C. drama's main players about leadership, negotiation, and protecting our (national) brand.

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Without goals, one never really succeeds…he-she merely averts-survives the latest crisis. Training is vital.