Next Level Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Then, of course, we had the fascinating story of Jet Blue flight attendant Stephen Slater pulling the metaphorical rip cord on his 20 year career. One is that, until this week, Slater had an exemplary career with Jet Blue. As a leader, you are always on stage. How about that issue of stage presence?

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

No matter if you’re in the early stages of your leadership journey or you’re a well-seasoned leader, you won’t have all the answers. During a game, he received a call on his walkie-talkie that there was someone at the gate with a counterfeit ticket and the man said he knew David. So, she asked.

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Leadership Price Learning-by-Doing Stage-Gate 157

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. There’s a verse that has been both a comfort and a guide for the last 20 years of my career. Work: it does a career good! Dan Miller of 48 Days.

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

The Kauffman Foundation reports that the median age of founders is 39 - right at the midpoint of a typical professional career - and 69% are 35 or older. In my book, Mastering the VC Game , I describe a metaphor for the three stages of a start-up: the jungle, the dirt road and the highway. Seeking fun can transcend all other factors.

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Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Objective Career 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The Leadership Fellows is part of a portfolio of career support programs that has evolved over the past two decades within the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI). By understanding and addressing the barriers, we have the ability to develop on-ramps and pathways to engage MBA talent at varying stages of their careers.

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Stage-Gate Career Entrepreneur Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

R&D investments have been made, stage/gate processes have been built, creativity training courses have been run, and yet the outputs — exciting new products and services — don't seem to be falling into place. Consider, for example, the UK software company, Red Gate. So a more focused approach may be more worthwhile.

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Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

As an example consider stage-gates, decision points at which time new products are reviewed before moving forward in the development process. The senior leadership team needs to respect and adhere to the same standards as everyone else. Never allow the organization to over-engineer the innovation process.

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Innovation Organization Stage-Gate Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Data quality and data governance: tools, processes, guidelines to ensure data is correct, gated and monitored, documented, standardized. To answer that question, first decide what stage you are in with your data operation, and second ask how vital data is to your product. This includes tools for data lineage and data security.

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