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Navigating the Emotional Side of a Career Transition

Harvard Business Review

Let me begin this post with a personal confession: Although I’ve talked with many managers about career transitions over the years, I’ve never had a career transition myself until now. Staying with one firm for an entire career is unusual amid today’s serial job progressions and longer life spans.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

Think of Charles Darwin, the ultimate disruptive innovator. An idea can change an entire industry and ideas, from kaizen to the balanced scorecard , continually transform the way we work and lead our businesses. In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets.

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With Change Agents, One Size Does Not Fit All

Harvard Business Review

In our research on change agents at the Phoenix Community of FCB Partners , we have found that there are three distinct challenges which require different kinds of change leaders: (1) transformational leaders, (2) innovation instigators, and (3) innovation managers. The Innovation Instigator. The Innovation Manager.

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Work-Family Guilt Is Wasted Energy

Harvard Business Review

The implication is that women "choose" to gear down their careers in favor of work-life balance. Today, most companies are still far from any level of balance at this level. See our 2013 Global Gender Balance Scorecard. Men are increasingly sharing in this guilt. This is nonsense.

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative. Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review Cart My Account Downloads Explore Today on HBR Blogs Magazine Books Authors Store Harvard Business School Topics Change Management Competition Innovation Leadership Strategy Skills Emotional Intelligence Managing Yourself Measuring Business Performance Project Management Strategy Execution Industries Finance & Insurance (..)

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention.

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