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Idea Entrepreneur: The New 21st Century Career

Harvard Business Review

The idea entrepreneur is an individual, usually a content expert and often a maverick, whose main goal is to influence how other people think and behave in relation to their cherished topic. Career planning Entrepreneurship Leadership' There is a new player emerging on the cultural and business scene today: the idea entrepreneur.

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Breaking the Rules

You're Not the Boss of Me

As they often say in retail stores about handling merchandise, “ If you break it you own it”. And second, be prepared to accept the consequences that may come from circumventing or defying rules There is always the chance that circumventing a rule can cause grief for someone else, some where else in the organization or outside it.

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What to Do When a Personal Crisis Is Hurting Your Professional Life

Harvard Business Review

Research by Wayne Baker, a professor at the Ross School of Business, shows that how you frame your appeal strongly influences whether someone will agree to it. Several years ago, when Jacqueline Ardrey was working as a senior merchandising and supply chain executive for Harry & David, she experienced a series of tragedies.

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