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A Jobs Manifesto for Young Europe (and the Rest of the World)

Harvard Business Review

Government in its entirety is a cost-center to society, so we desperately need to create not just jobs, but private sector jobs. The challenge really isn't finding an employer to give you a job — rather it's how to monetize your skills. That means that the jobs you can get may not be like the jobs you had.

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Develop Your Company’s Cross-Functional Capabilities

Harvard Business Review

In this excerpt from their new book, Strategy That Works , Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi explain why distinctive capabilities are vital to success, and address a fundamental question that many companies overlook: How to bring these capabilities to scale, so that every part of the enterprise can call on them.

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Why Leaders Need To Stop Using Performance Reviews

Tanveer Naseer

A career is a terrible thing to waste, yours or mine. Your competitor is getting nothing but a disingenuous cost center. No one knows more than an employee who has failed what went wrong and how to course correct. It’s about what comes next , and how you get better. It’s not about a performance review.

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Obama and Romney Are Ignoring Hispanic Voters

Harvard Business Review

Hispanic community is eager to lead, innovate, and help America reclaim its foundational values, but it needs a platform where their voices can safely and objectively express the things they are thinking about healthcare, jobs, immigration reform, the economy, and career advancement. Think profit center, not cost center.

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Obama and Romney Are Ignoring Hispanic Voters

Harvard Business Review

Hispanic community is eager to lead, innovate, and help America reclaim its foundational values, but it needs a platform where their voices can safely and objectively express the things they are thinking about healthcare, jobs, immigration reform, the economy, and career advancement. Think profit center, not cost center.