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Your Company’s Networks Might Matter More than Its Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Therefore, the ability to manage operation and the capacity to inspire employees is no longer enough. Today, we must learn how to shape networks around a shared purpose. Starting his career as a trainee at 7-11, he worked his way quickly through the ranks, gaining a reputation for operational excellence.

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The Big Disconnect in Your Talent Strategy and How to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement.

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How to Apply for a New Job After You’ve Been Fired

Harvard Business Review

It’s natural to feel slightly paranoid, says John Lees, UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code. “You have no idea how much information about you and your circumstances is out there beyond what you’re broadcasting,” he says. Perhaps they have “clients they could introduce you to.”

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The Case for Improving Work for People with Disabilities Goes Way Beyond Compliance

Harvard Business Review

Yet, we find, individuals with disabilities frequently encounter workplace discrimination, bias, exclusion, and career plateaus—meaning their employers lose out on enormous innovation and talent potential. And they are more likely to have their ideas endorsed.

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How Social Movements Change Minds

Harvard Business Review

The arc of history is long—the length of a career, rather than a marketing campaign. Framing and reframing is also something that successful marketers must also know how to do. Its mission drove its strategy , not the other way around. Great brands operate the same way.

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