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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. Just as we moved from machines to electronics after the second world war, now we are moving into a new age where all business is driven by networks, and the remote control to your life is your mobile phone.

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Why Leaders Need To Stop Using Performance Reviews

Tanveer Naseer

In the event you chose not to put the manager on a “performance improvement plan” (which both you and the employee know is a scripted formality), the mandated gravitas of your critique might get you the intended outcome – the employee’s resignation. A career is a terrible thing to waste, yours or mine.

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Social Means Freedom, for Better or for Worse

Harvard Business Review

But he doesn't plan to go to another prestigious university. Typically an in-house cost center, service is usually viewed as a necessary evil and constantly targeted for "efficiency." And, of course, this affects management's role and how we all manage our careers. A Stanford Professor quit his job. Work is freed.

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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.