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Leading Thoughts for October 12, 2023

Leading Blog

Former Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter on how careers evolve: “Nobody knows what they’re doing at first. I never saw myself as having a career path. I’ve sort of muddled through from one thing to the next and, for most people, that’s just the way careers evolve.”

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The Strategic Advantage of Implementing a Junior Advisory Board in Your Organization

N2Growth Blog

Integrating young talents into decision-making processes allows organizations to tap into valuable insights, especially pertinent in sectors like fashion, food, and retail, where younger consumer preferences are pivotal. Avoiding bureaucratic entanglements allows these young advisors to freely express their creativity and innovative ideas.

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Are You Living Your Life Goal?

Strategy Driven

Chances are, you got so busy with other things that you forgot about your goals and the things you wanted to learn. We all have a life goal, but if you aren’t living it, you shouldn’t get discouraged. You should find a goal that makes you happy. Seeing Your Goal. Everyone asks this question at a certain point in life.

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What I Wish I Knew When I Started My Career (Part Two)

Lead Change Blog

In yesterday’s post , I shared eight things I know now, that I wish I had known when I had started my career. Being agile and ready to bend and adapt to changing circumstances is an absolutely vital skill set to develop if you want to have a career that’s as frustration free as possible. But not over the long run.

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What I Wish I Knew When I Started My Career (Part One)

Lead Change Blog

I’m blessed enough to get the opportunity to speak at universities all over the country and the question I’m most often asked by students is, “What do you know now that you wish you knew, back then, when you started your career?”. Here are eight of the things I say; tomorrow I will share seven more: You Own Your Career.

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Blueprints Aren’t Just For Buildings

Lead Change Blog

Goal-setting is vital. Research into the effectiveness of goal-setting gained momentum in the 1960s. Then researcher Edwin Locke* reviewed over one hundred studies performed and found an extremely strong statistical correlation between goal-setting and performance. Pick a specific time frame—goals thrive on specificity.

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4 Ways to Promote Productivity

Lead Change Blog

These employees have to be led in a systematic fashion to ensure that all efforts are channeled towards a common goal. defined leadership as “the process of influencing people to direct their efforts towards the achievement of group goals.” Let go of all unnecessary things from your past careers. Koontz Et Al.