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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. Seek Feedback : Regularly ask peers, mentors, and supervisors for feedback.

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

Leading Blog

From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader. Play Nice But Win is a riveting account of the three battles waged for Dell Technologies: one to launch it, one to keep it, and one to transform it.

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CMI Malaysia: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

CMI Malaysia at IET Gala On 18 February, representatives from CMI Malaysia attended the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Malaysia prestige lecture and award dinner. On LinkedIn , he recommended this video from CMI: “Here’s a CMI-specific clip on mentoring and what a credentialled mentor brings to the table.

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Great Mentors Get Out of the Office

Harvard Business Review

Without the mentoring of my high school coach, I (Bill) would have never been able to achieve the success I did. Research increasingly confirms how critical it is for young people to have caring mentors. In the corporate world, formal mentoring programs make sure newer employees are learning all they need to be successful.

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“Nailed it.” A lesson in overcoming project complexity

Deming Institute

Much of my work focuses on involving people in activities and decisions about their work and how it will change as the technology they use changes. Many years after the curtain came down on my Camelot project, I was asked to lead the process / organization side of a large technology project. How did I figure this out?

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What to Do When an Online Community Starts to Fail

Harvard Business Review

These challenges are unlikely to be fatal, but they illustrate the fact that the issues facing mature online communities are both significant and distinct from those faced earlier in their life cycles. This is good advice, but it won’t help Yelp or Wikipedia, both of which helped cement this as best practice in the first place.

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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

The other one of us cofounded 10x Management , a well-respected talent agency representing top-tier freelance programmers, designers, and other technology professionals. Organizations do better when managers have access to advice and best practice in leading mixed teams. Leverage your project mentors. Here’s the problem.

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