Leading Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
T HERE ARE PROBLEMS that can be solved by a simple cost-benefit analysis. The big decisions in life, what Russ Roberts calls Wild Problems — whether to marry, who to marry, what career path to follow, ethical dilemmas — “can’t be made with data, or science, or the usual rational approaches.”. Degradation!
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 19, 2020
If future cost savings will fund the initiative, show the payback calculation. Provide a cost-benefit analysis. Include non-financial costs and benefits along with the financial ones. It will also position you for advancement to higher leadership levels in your organization.
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N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2010
Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis : Do the potential benefits derived from the decision justify the expected costs? What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections? Being a leader means being in a position of special trust and responsibility.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Career speed bumps (much like their counterparts in the road ) can take you by surprise. Take not having the right credentials, one common career speed bump. It's easy to ignore if you are speeding along in your career with the same employer, but suddenly losing your job can send you careening out of control.
CO2
JUNE 29, 2010
In addition, because of the successive generations entering the workforce, rising education levels, globalization, the flattening of organizations, and an increased willingness to change careers and companies, employees have come to understand they can add more value doing meaningful work.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
But according to the World Bank , only 30% of youth employment programs are successful, with many of those offering only marginal benefit. And most programs have no positive effect at all. In a dynamic economy workers are expected to adapt, to change not just jobs but sometimes careers, to pick up new skills when necessary.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 4, 2014
With nowhere further to go, he revealed the inadequacy he had been so anxious to conceal, perversely sabotaging his own career in order to fulfill his belief that he wasn’t up to the top job. I’ve encountered many high-flying executives like Tim who function extremely well as long as they aren’t in the number-one position.
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