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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. This type of orientation can be incredibly valuable to cultivate for anyone working for multinationals or in other global careers, and can also be used by managers to develop employees. Aspiring to a global career.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

The women in my sample were asked to think back on two defining career moments that best prepared them to advance. Women should then be given access to sponsors (if they haven’t already) to ensure this shadowing isn’t a one-time event, but part of a long-term commitment their learning and advancement. How People Get Ahead.

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With New York Schools Appointment, Bloomberg Did it His Way

Harvard Business Review

Black has no management experience in education — her entire career has been spent in magazine publishing — and her contact with the public school system in New York has been very limited. By definition, tacit knowledge comes with time — so outsiders must approach organizations with humility.