Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

But portfolio careers aren’t only for stay-at-home parents looking to freelance a few hours a day while their kids are in school or grad students moonlighting as Uber drivers and Task Rabbits. Here are five reasons it can make a dramatic difference for your career. Hedge against uncertainty. Gary John Norman/Getty Images.

Execution 8

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Many of the leadership team whom I had worked with for a number of years changed,” she explained. This “2+1 Rule” pertains for every career stage, from entry level to executive. You want it to be diversified, and you want to keep adding to it, or it won’t be an adequate hedge,” she counsels. The solution?

Mentor 8

Mentor Hedge Human Capital Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

In school, being disruptive might get you sent to the principal's office, but in business, disruption is a proven path to success , describing innovations that take root at the low end of the market, or create a new market, and then eventually upend an industry. Welcome a less proscribed, full of surprise, career path.

Career 9

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

for 10+ years; deployment of design as an integrated function across the entire enterprise; evidence that design investments and influence are increasing; clear reporting structure and operating model for design; experienced design executives at the helm directing design activities; and tangible senior leadership-level commitment for design.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

This problem of extending the automatic reasoning of AI systems to understand the context of their decisions is highly complex, and creative innovation, like the one at Google, is usually needed to push the effort forward. Whose will be gored? Who will get promoted? Who will lose their job?

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Skills Morale Ethics System 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

To pursue this issue, I picked a new research setting where the reward system is highly constrained — and so is the career ladder. The parallels with business are clear: Stars are a crucial but perhaps fragile source of innovation and competitive advantage. Harness the power of competition.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

These “ superbosses ,” as I called them, spanned dozens of industries and included legendary figures such as fast casual restaurant magnate Norman Brinker, packaged foods titan Michael Miles, tech mogul Larry Ellison, hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson, media icon Oprah Winfrey, and a host of others.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. It can keep you informed. Teach you new things.

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