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Do You Have a Balanced Reading (and Learning) Diet?

Kevin Eikenberry

Something you didn’t touch on, was a reverse imbalance…when we are too immersed our our industry/our career and we forget to take time for our hobbies, and a little ‘fun’ It’s just as important to our overall health and success. You can’t talk about this too much.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Venture capitalists meet every Monday to review deals in the pipeline. Here are six ways to change that.

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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. The business opportunities they came up with were rated by four venture capitalists and industry experts blind to the source. Musk migrated from South Africa to the U.S. as young adult.

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The CEO’s Guide to Retirement

Harvard Business Review

“I don’t quite know what to do next,” said Simon, a media CEO. Even in the most well-oiled CEO succession processes, one piece is almost always missing: preparing the current CEO for the next phase in his or her career. With this guidance, CEOs can take one of the hardest steps of their career: exiting.

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Technological Know-How Is a Job Requirement

Harvard Business Review

But as more traditional businesses are being run on software and a larger component of a company's customer experience is being delivered online, everyone from marketing to general management needs to take notice. A few years ago, community managers did not exist. Universities are rapidly growing their engineering courses.

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Become Your Own Best Gatekeeper

Harvard Business Review

And I recall well, at the start of my career, how flattered I felt to be asked for a meeting or some advice — thrilled to be looked at as enough of an expert to be of help. Kathryn Minshew may simply be a better time manager than I am. I was recently talking with Jeffrey Bussgang , a prominent Boston venture capitalist.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool.

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