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As most of us who’ve worked in even well-run and successful companies can attest, a hearty, “Great idea, boss!” is the grease that keeps most careers moving. Rebels may start and build companies, but they rarely get promoted to run them.

Content: Quotation | Author: Sally Helgesen | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Career

We live in a world partly driven by the ideology of the United States that is very forward-looking, very optimistic, very much placing the emphasis on individual achievement and the possibilities that are open to everyone so long as they work hard, which is a beautiful philosophy of life but also a very punishing one. It places huge responsibility on the individual to perform and … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Alain de Botton | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior

We’ve all got so many different things in us, so many different potentials in us, but the modern world responds and rewards specialization, people who know how to zero in on a particular thing. The ideal sweet spot is that you’re very interested in a specialized bit of the world that society needs but where there are few other competitors, and you can draw a … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Alain de Botton | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

During the past 40 years, a powerful and practical theory of personal growth and development — one based on the evolution of human systems — has emerged. Known as the “levels of human existence” theory, it states that people grow in fits and starts, alternating long periods of stasis with abrupt expansions of their empathy and capabilities. You can track the growth of individuals this … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: David Hudnut | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your life and work. Authored by three legends in leadership and self-help — including Built to Last co-author Jerry Porras — it challenges conventional wisdom at every step. Success Built to Last draws on face-to-face, unscripted conversations with hundreds of remarkable human beings from … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Jerry I. Porras, Mark Thompson, Stewart Emery | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

People’s performance is best when they are performing work that is at the intersection of three elements—what they’re good at, what they like, and what adds value to the organization or world.

Content: Quotation | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Challenge, Management, Vision, Work

To be effective, every executive needs a broad perspective on both the organization and the business context that it operates within. This perspective can only come from having work experiences in different parts of the organization, in different businesses, and, for global companies, in different parts of the world. Although important, traditional leadership coaching, training, and mentoring programs—which most companies have focused on in their … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Cynthia McCauley | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, Management, Training & Development

Reading a room is a skill that can be learned; a guide to nonverbal cues like how people stand or hold their hands.

Content: Career Information | Author: Sue Shellenbarger | Source: Wall Street Journal | Subject: Networking

There is most emphatically a Free Agent Nation today. The thing is, not all of the 9.3 million self-employed asked for citizenship: Downsizing turned many of them into refugees. Some of those who left secure, if staid, jobs for the freedom of free agency now find themselves struggling to pay the rent or offering to do the same work for the companies they left–for less … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Jennifer Reingold | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Economics, Work

Savvy CEOs and executives know that interview questions like, “What’s your biggest strength?” and, “What’s your biggest weakness?” aren’t as telling as they seem.

That’s why they steer clear of these cliché queries and instead ask more meaningful ones.

Many top execs have their one favorite go-to question that reveals everything they need to know about a job candidate. Here are 23 of them.

Content: Career Information | Authors: Alison Griswold, Vivian Giang | Source: Business Insider | Subject: Interviewing

Equity is one of the most important aspects of working for a startup, but it’s often confusing. Here’s what you need to know about equity before joining a startup.

Content: Article | Author: Conner Forrest | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Career, Entrepreneurship

You’re doing everything right at work, taking all the right advice, but you’re just not moving up. Why? Susan Colantuono shares a simple, surprising piece of advice you might not have heard before quite so plainly. This talk, while aimed at an audience of women, has universal takeaways — for men and women, new grads and midcareer workers.

Editor’s Note: Something didn’t really resonate … [ Read more ]

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Susan Colantuono | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Career, Women in Business

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Content: Career Information | Subject: Jobs – Recruiting / Staffing

The trajectory of our careers is one of the great manifestations and reflections of our inner potential, desires, and talents. Our work history can read like the chapters of a book: Each page tells a story about our struggles, moments of luck, growth and change.

However, the changes in our culture and economy are authoring an entirely different kind of book, one that doesn’t follow … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: 99U | Subject: Career

I’ve heard [game designer] Jane McGonigal describe play as the voluntary overcoming of unnecessary obstacles. Is work the voluntary overcoming of necessary obstacles?

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Work

You’ve scored an interview, and it’s time to prepare. Should you believe your colleague who says to wear a suit even though the company is a tech start-up? Should you trust your friend who tells you, “Just be yourself”? There’s so much conflicting advice out there—how do you know what tactics are best?

This assessment will test your knowledge. Consider each piece of conventional wisdom below … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Author: Amy Gallo | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Interviewing

Every senior officer I know is faking it about 30% of the time. A significant chunk of the time they’re going to look it up later, and they don’t want to appear ignorant. There is a time you can ask stupid questions, but that’s after you’ve established an aura of intelligence.

Content: Quotation | Author: Stanley Bing | Source: FORTUNE | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior

If there is one skill that makes you non-fungible in a business environment, it’s being able to write. There are literally thousands of people who can manipulate numbers, but in any organization there are literally three or four people who can actually write, who can convey complicated ideas.

Content: Quotation | Author: Stanley Bing | Source: FORTUNE | Subjects: Career, Skills

If you want to determine beyond a shadow of a doubt whether someone’s going to be a great hire, give them an audition project. […] If you can’t find a mini audition project for a strong candidate, perhaps you’re not structuring work properly for your existing employees either.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Work