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Stephen Schwarzman’s 25 Rules for Work & Life

Leading Blog

You may end up learning something important or form a connection you can leverage for the rest of your life. Meeting people early in life creates an unusual bond. When you’re young, only take a job that provides you with a steep learning curve and strong training. You never know who will be willing to meet with you.

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

Ben Brabyn presents Leadership as storytelling – how narratives bond teams posted at Ben Brabyn , saying, “How leaders can use storytelling to bond high performing teams.” ” Lakshman Rajagopalan presents What can you do about a culture of Mistrust… posted at Learning Curves.

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Ben Brabyn presents Leadership as storytelling - how narratives bond teams posted at Ben Brabyn , saying, "How leaders can use storytelling to bond high performing teams.". Lakshman Rajagopalan presents What can you do about a culture of Mistrust… posted at Learning Curves. posted at Get Your Leadership BIG On!

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How to Brand a Next-Generation Product - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

But with James Bond movies, there’s no reason to expect that the latest Bond movie [Quantum of Solace] has anything to do with the previous Bond movie [Casino Royale]. On the other hand, customers may worry that new features pose the risk of new glitches and a steep learning curve.

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Who Can Help?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Simply by asking, you have built a bond with them. If people just put that fear of asking for help with things they don’t know aside, I think their learning curve would go through the roof. Delegating not only serves to help alleviate some of your pain, but is also a learning opportunity for others.

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What Managers Should Know About Postpartum Depression

Harvard Business Review

In reality, a new parent is actively climbing a steep learning curve: mastering a whole new set of skills, tackling challenges that are not only foreign but also highly personal, and making sense of a new emotional and physical normal.

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A Guide to Solving Social Problems with Machine Learning

Harvard Business Review

Are these machine learning tools really worth paying attention to? That’s what we’ve concluded from our own proof-of-concept project, applying machine learning to a dataset of over one million bond court cases (in joint work with Himabindu Lakkaraju and Jure Leskovec of Stanford University). Pair caution with hope.