Mills Scofield

APRIL 27, 2014

You know how much I believe in serendipity & random collisions (a la Saul Kaplan !). He began his career as a Macroeconomist for the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Meet Samir Rath (bio below). Read Samir''s thoughts on serendipity, luck and entrepreneurship - and join in!

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

When top executives compare their top priorities to their time use, "they are usually surprised about the mismatch," says Robert Steven Kaplan, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. Career Women Must Decide: To Be or Not to Be. For a self-coaching guide to career women success: Barbara A.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As study author Steve Kaplan puts it, “Persistent leaders don’t give up>” Never giving up is common with successful company leaders and business entrepreneurs. Consider the careers of three well-known business leaders for their lessons on persistence. Bob Parsons.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 26, 2015

Source: Robert Steven Kaplan: What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner. Leadership is a way of thinking that engages your special talents now and, ideally, for the rest of your life. It involves a process of learning and being open to adapting your behaviors. . Can't Get Enough Leadership (ebook at $.99).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

But our 10-year CEO Genome study of over 2,600 leaders showed almost half (45%) suffered at least one major career blow-up — like getting fired, messing up a major deal, or blowing an acquisition. We conducted additional research on 360 executives, analyzing their careers in depth. Repeating the same blowup over and over does.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2015

If you ask them about their good career fortune, they’re likely to advise that you have to love what you do in order to perform at a high level of effectiveness. They will talk about the critical importance of having a long-term perspective and real passion in pursuing a career. Robert Steven Kaplan. Add to Cart.

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Self-aware Kaplan Career Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2011

It's when it becomes an obsession that it's a problem," says Robert Steven Kaplan, a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and author of What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential. No one loves to do things just adequately," says Kaplan.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

When I graduated from business school and started my career with Touche Ross in 1982, I planned to stay just two years. Realizing that I am accountable for assuming career responsibilities commensurate with my life goals has been an epiphany for me. People say how lucky I am to have "such a good life."

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

By Robert Steven Kaplan. Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of transitions — no matter where you are in your career. How do you create your own definition of success — and reach your unique potential? By John Butman.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

” Robert Kaplan, author of What You’re Really Meant to Do , states that “numerous studies of highly effective people point to a strong correlation between believing in the mission, enjoying the job, and performing at a high level.” What are the types of things you’d like to get more experience in next year?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

Given this criticism, the College Board was averse to forging partnerships with for-profits that would exacerbate the situation, despite years of persistent inquiries from test-prep leaders like Kaplan and Princeton Review. Careervillage.org crowdsources career advice for low-income students.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

The frequently cited research of Robert Kaplan and David Norton shows that more than 90% of employees don’t fully understand their company’s strategy or know what’s expected of them to help achieve company goals. The irony is, as we progress in our careers, things that were once in quadrant I now belong in quadrant IV.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2018

For example, researchers Sarah Kaplan and Keyvan Vakili found that recombining ideas from one domain of specialization, as opposed to multiple domains, led to more novel innovations in the area of nanotubes. In contrast, French Fields Medal winner Laurent Schwartz spent most of his career working on distributions.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer are both first-time office holders coming to public service directly from successful private sector business careers. Saul Kaplan is the Founder and Chief Catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory (BIF). Both new mayors ran and won on economic development platforms.

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Innovation Entrepreneur Kaplan Class 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

According to Méndez-García, one of the best models for making sense of a non-linear world is the S-curve , the model we have used to understand the diffusion of disruptive innovations, and which he and I speculate can be used to understand personal disruption — the necessary pivots in our own career paths.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Its founder, Saul Kaplan , is a self-professed innovation junkie. After a successful career as a corporate consultant, he became the Director of Economic Development for Rhode Island, a cabinet level position, where he saw the opportunity to put his ideas into action and create innovation at scale.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2013

But as an engineer with young kids points out, when he''s able to hang out with his friends whose wives stay at home, "I think they probably have progressed more in their careers than I have in some ways. Sure, taking care of your kids is "providing." Part of it is psychological: I have to remind myself, I am not a second-class citizen.”.

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