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Believe It Or Not: 7 Leadership Lessons From Robert Ripley

Joseph Lalonde

Look for people’s strengths : Ripley had a teacher in school who knew how to look past people’s weaknesses and to find their strengths. Ripley began to look for role models who could show him what it meant to be a man and how to conduct himself. Learn how to think : The career Ripley entered was that of cartoonist.

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Yahoo’s Carol Bartz: Lessons in burning bridges

Roundtable Talk

But is this a realistic exit strategy for most of us? With a strong track record, most successful people can bounce back and Bartz’ exit behaviour is pretty consistent with her behaviour when she was CEO, so her reputation is pretty well known. We’ll see if this is the straw that breaks the career camels back.

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Morning Advantage: How to Take More Risks

Harvard Business Review

When companies lack a clear stance on when and how to take risks, managers often don't take enough of them, routinely making safe investment choices over ones with higher potential. When leaving a job — whether for an internal promotion or a new organization — a poor exit strategy can come back to haunt you.

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What Are You Not Good At?

Harvard Business Review

If you're not good at doing what you make your living doing, then you probably need to consider a career change. If you know you can succeed without learning how to sell, write a business plan or stage a press event, then by all means, run with it. It is horribly stressful to do something you know you're not good at.

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What to Do If You Already Hate Your New Job

Harvard Business Review

And how can you put yourself back on the right career path? Most people who take the wrong job haven’t done enough research going in,” says Priscilla Claman, president of Career Strategies, Inc., a Boston-based career coaching firm. Here’s how to make a bad career move work for you. Be realistic. “No