Lead on Purpose

JUNE 12, 2009

If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. When it comes to your career and your ability to become a great leader, the word ‘invest’ is perceptive. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over you and 15% leading your peers.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 20, 2009

In his post The Realities of Change , Mark presents ten truths to help you progress in your career. Change is a constant part of growing, whether it be personal growth or growing an organization.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 8, 2010

CEOs are praised for their vision. Top salespeople are rewarded with high commissions. Innovative engineers are recognized for their inventions.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers who can work successfully with these (and other) groups in their companies will release great products and have success throughout their careers. You need to evangelize product management to executives and show them — with data and continual successes — the importance of sound product management practices.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 22, 2009

At the same time you also need to focus on your career and your personal progress. — The Product Management Perspective: As a product manager you need to focus on your products’ direction and success; you need to collect the right market input and turn it into great products.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Regardless of the cost, the investment in building relationships is critical to succeeding in your current role and building the foundation on which to grow your career. This often leaves you doing your “work&# at weird hours after your coworkers are long gone. The crucial question you need to ask yourself: is it worth the cost?

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The Wall Street Journal tackles the issue of retaining executives in a recent article How to Keep Your Best Executives. Increased responsibilities and the opportunity to work on challenging tasks rank among the top factors in career satisfaction. The key, according to authors Elizabeth Craig, John R.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 8, 2009

The people who are the most secure in their careers follow similar patterns of behavior. Practicing the five actions listed above will increase your value to your company and accelerate your career growth. They get in the “hunker down&# mode and do everything they can protect their job. Do you know anyone who behaves that way?

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 6, 2009

It’s also a time to step back and take a fresh look at the direction your career is headed. Are you taking advantage of the many Product Camps or “Un-Conferences” offered this year? Product camps are a great place for product management professionals and leaders to step away from the day-to-day and engage in a day of learning and networking.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Gentile has spent a great deal of her life in the classrooms of Harvard Business School and Babson College and from reading her book it seems that she thinks if her students know what ethical decision-making is, they will take action on what they think is right. Taylor Caldwell. That is all the hope I have. Sources: Mary C.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Here’s how to bounce back from a negative review. ” If your team is excelling in some performance targets, but bombing in others, ask what level of performance might be considered a success and for insight into how to achieve it. Stephanie Barnes Taylor had recently transferred to the contracts division of a law firm in Atlanta.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

For example, consider how kids are currently interacting with AI and automated technologies: Right now, it might seem magical to tell Siri, “Show me photos of celebrities in orange dresses,” and see a photo of Taylor Swift pop up on a smartphone less than a second later. But it’s clearly not magic.

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