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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm … on “Good Company”

The Practical Leader

participation in decision making and autonomy, along with supervisory career support (information, advice, and encouragement). non-monetary recognition and competency development” “A compelling “for what” purpose can also bring out the best in employees. ”

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What to Do If Your Career Is Stalled and You Don’t Know Why

Harvard Business Review

. “Executive presence” was mentioned in several reviews as an improvement area, but without any specifics, Tom had no idea what the real issue was and how damaging it could be to his career. Often these pandas live on for years, seemingly innocent, but ultimately gnaw at the career trajectory of otherwise talented leaders.

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Many CEOs Aren’t Breakthrough Innovators (and That’s OK)

Harvard Business Review

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

Major organizational changes, covering everything from recruiting and branding to regulatory approvals and marketing, happened in rapid succession, with a hard deadline of 12 months to get it all done for the IPO — and 18 months from the IPO until our full separation from GE. Very quickly, common concerns bubbled up.

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All Hail the Failure Sector

Harvard Business Review

As with any type of endeavor, there's a learnable skill to starting up a brand new business. million developers to contribute to 260,000 projects. Firms like this have not so much developed their own risk tolerance as found a way to pay others for theirs. Let's start with the human side. We could go on, but we don't need to.

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A History of the Job Listing and How It Just Died [Infographic]

Kevin Eikenberry

Dice was actually launched in 1990, initially as a bulletin board service for recruiters – and by the late 1990’s had ascended to prominence as the go-to site for finding software developers in Silicon Valley. Subsequent investment and growth would lead to an IPO in 1999. Careerbuilder hit the market in 1996.

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