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When Confidence Helps Project Managers — and When It Gets Them into Trouble

Harvard Business Review

There’s a popular fallacy that encourages big-project managers to forge ahead as quickly as they can, on the basis that the payoffs will likely be bigger than they imagine.

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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. Think about “former bosses and colleagues” as well as “advisors, accountants, lawyers, management consultants, and search consultants,” you’ve worked with over the course of your career.

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How a Bathtub-Shaped Graph Helped a Company Avoid Disaster

Harvard Business Review

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy.

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future. A start-up might need an angel investor who believes in the project to provide initial equity. A Main Street small business might require a term loan from a bank to buy a piece of equipment.

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business Review

It also has partnered with nationally recognized organizations such as the Reach Out and Read program to improve childhood language and literacy, and Health Leads (formerly Project HEALTH), for assessing families’ additional needs and connecting them to community resources. Continuous and coordinated. Proactive and population-based.