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Motivating Millennials Takes More than Flexible Work Policies

Harvard Business Review

Chamber of Commerce emphasized flex-time as one way to do this — it found that three out of four Millennials reported that work-life balance drives their career choices. Train managers and supervisors to communicate openly, effectively, and frequently. Loosen up the notion of the career ladder.

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Power Play Strategies for Women

Harvard Business Review

Throughout my career as a lawyer, and now as a consultant, I've seen hundreds of successful women whose careers stalled at levels that didn't match their ambitions for themselves. Career advancement depends upon connecting with influential people and seeking them out for strategic advice.

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How To Get Others To See Your Potential

Harvard Business Review

When I launched my consulting business seven years ago, I was astonished to find — years later — that acquaintances and even friends hadn''t kept up with my career transition. Of course, you can''t just prop someone''s eyelids open, A Clockwork Orange -style, and force them to read your white papers or watch your webinars.

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How to Create True Customer Advocates

Harvard Business Review

She suggests that reference program managers invest in, or otherwise get access to, their firm''s market research about key-customer references. "If Your firm is in a great position to connect your customers to their peers — other executives and managers like themselves who deal with similar issues. But where do you find them?

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A Guide to Winning Support for Your New Idea or Project

Harvard Business Review

.” But it’s not only the success of your company that’s at stake, says Susan Ashford, professor of management and organization at Michigan’s Ross School of Business. The ability to get new initiatives off the ground is also critical to your career. ” Here are some pointers on how to get your idea moving.

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Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

QAspire

Posted using Chat Catcher By utpalvaishnav (utpalvaishnav) , October 16, 2009 @ 9:52 pm Twitter Comment RT @tweetmeme QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life! ClickInsights: What is your favorite white paper? Thanks, Tanmay Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!

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Innovative Companies Get Their Best Ideas from Academic Research — Here’s How They Do It

Harvard Business Review

” Yet that poses a problem for managers. Perry Nisen , CEO at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute , points out that his former employer, GlaxoSmithKline, has thousands of people working in R&D and assign experts to specific areas of interest, which some spend their entire careers focusing on.