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4 Things Solitude Will Do for You

Leading Blog

Joey Reiman, CEO of the consulting firm BrightHouse, credits their success to their “longer, incubation pace.” Brené Brown, author of Daring Greatly, says that “ The biggest mistake I’ve made in my career to date is believing that solitude is a luxury. Creativity. Solitude opens the path to creativity. Reclaiming Solitude.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

I’ve seen many an executive or consultant attempt to identify leaders with interviews, tests, evaluations, etc., By that I mean practice areas that serve no real purpose other than to generate a revenue stream for a coach or consultant, or justify headcount within a department. only to fail in miserable fashion.

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Why Does Teach for America Spawn So Many Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

In this way, TFA, like all organizations, develops particular competencies through the careers of its members. Does the TFA career experience seem to make its alumni more likely to become educational entrepreneurs? The question is whether TFA's seemingly prolific production of entrepreneurs is fact or simple hearsay.

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How to Manage an Insecure Employee

Harvard Business Review

Insecure employees are “hard to evaluate, hard to coach, and hard to develop,” says Ethan Burris, an associate professor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. Or is it detrimental to that individual’s career? Being seen as insecure “could be a real career limiter.”

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Get the Mentoring Equation Right

Harvard Business Review

While it's written from my perspective, he was central to the development of the idea. Bob is the Managing Partner of The Re-Wired Group in Detroit, an innovation incubator and consultancy specializing in demand-side innovation. Finally, assess the level of time you're willing to put into developing this person.

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How to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You

Harvard Business Review

John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. “Ask if you are able to move into other functions and other roles as your career progresses.

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