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The Mindset Every Leader Needs to Infuse into Their Company Right Now

Lead Change Blog

However, while often not “planned”, our research shows that many leaders’ paths follow this pattern because they have been operating with a serendipity mindset. Successful leaders are not “just lucky”, even when their career may have some seemingly coincidental moments. They worked hard to get lucky.

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Starting Your Own Business

Strategy Driven

Maybe you have a fresh, new startup plan that you’re ready to build from the ground up. Or, perhaps you plan on buying an established small business. Are you ready to turn your career into a 24/7 lifestyle? When you eat, sleep, and breathe your career, time becomes a lot more valuable. Say goodbye to your 9-5.

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The Delicate Art Of Persuading Your Boss

Tanveer Naseer

Be a bobble head and nod in agreement– after all, push-back could hurt your career. A calm, well-planned approach will help convince your boss to do the right thing. Your best incubator for convincing is a quiet private setting. Sadly, I’ve seen such fear-based agreement happen at all levels of the business.

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How to Make Sustainability Every Employee’s Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

My framework for creating such sustainability ownership has three phases: incubate, launch, and entrench. Incubation is the process of, first, defining the contours of your sustainability domain by reflecting on the purpose of your business and its specific role in the world.

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Surefire Predictions and Why Doomsayers are Wrong

Harvard Business Review

Young scientists will invent energy-saving or health-promoting products, incubate new ventures while still in college, and sell them to markets eager for ways to control energy or health care costs. Designers will become even more valued members of product development and planning teams in every field.

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business Review

As part of this effort, EDENS brought together community members and existing institutions, urbanists, and policymakers to help create a small area plan and overall vision. The second is to develop spaces and programs to incubate entrepreneurs. Customers are encouraged to dwell, regardless of how much coffee or food they plan to buy.

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How to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You

Harvard Business Review

John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. ” If you can, “ask about turnover and find out what happened to the last person who did the job.”

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