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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. This type of orientation can be incredibly valuable to cultivate for anyone working for multinationals or in other global careers, and can also be used by managers to develop employees. Embracing positive indifference.

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Your Company Needs Independent Workers

Harvard Business Review

trillion, or 2%, to global GDP and increase employment by 72 million full-time-equivalent positions by 2025. Independent workers allow them to quickly and efficiently scale staffing up and down to meet shifts in demand and changing business circumstances in an increasingly volatile and always-changing global economy.

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The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business Review

They often arrive with a reputation for being able to turn around a school quickly, as they’ve done this many times before in their career. Soldiers like efficiency and order. So they looked around for a different career and discovered teaching. Soldiers trim and tighten, focusing on the bottom line.