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Put On Your Big-Boy Pants: Navigating Your Career with Grit and Grace.

Rich Gee Group

In the journey of your career, the phrase "Put on your big-boy pants" (or big-girl pants) is more than just a call to maturity; it's an invitation to step into the realm of personal growth and professional excellence. Pushing beyond these boundaries is essential for skill development, innovation, and leadership.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

As the investor leader, you are becoming more familiar with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. . Certain functional leadership positions, and industry sectors, can be less strident on this question. Let’s get back into the scene again, and the bar is still set high. Realize that P.E.

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New Book: Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook

Eric Jacobson

Newest in the series is the HBR Project Management Handbook. Nieto-Rodriguez defines projects as : Limited in time; they have a start and an end. Further, he explains that projects differ from operations , which are day-to-day activities, and which generally follow similar patterns and objectives every year. Hence, his new book.

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Leading Projects: Balancing Rational with Emotion

QAspire

A start-up or a fledgling organization relies on individual heroism of their people to successfully deliver projects. These team members are enthusiastic, engaged and willing to see the project succeed. They are emotionally connected to the purpose of project/organization. Processes standards are getting better and more mature.

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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

Lead Change Blog

One of the great leadership challenges is making the transition from subject matter expert (SME) to leading teams of SMEs. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. your role shifts toward, “Let’s get our best people on the project. News Flash!

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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

One vaguely controversial, age-old discussion is around the numerical age and corresponding maturity of CEOs and how age, which translates to experience, can impact the trajectory and level of success of a company. . As the brain becomes more mature, it develops patterns and neural networks that are hard to erase or reprogram.

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How To Get Your Boss to Appreciate and Recognize Your Genius

Let's Grow Leaders

One tool you receive when you participate in our foundational leadership development program is the Confidence Competence Model. A decade of leading high-potential leadership programs around the world confirms—people who are good at what they do (and know it), yearn to be seen and challenged. You joined your company as a kid (Tommy).

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