Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

SCOTT WEBB/Unsplash. Everyone knows leaders should delegate to ensure that they are working on the right projects and deliverables. But if you find yourself frequently miscommunicating with your team on deliverables, hearing about issues at the last minute, and misunderstanding how your team set their priorities, it may be a sign you’ve delegated too much, leaving their employees to feel abandoned and unmotivated.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Being a Good New Manager from the Start. Being a good new manager is not a matter of luck. When new managers falter, it is almost always due to a lack of management preparation and support. And often the blame belongs to the leaders who promoted them into their new role. Leading Is Very Different than Doing. Many employees are promoted to management because of their success delivering results as an individual contributor combined with their technical expertise.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Charles McQuillan/Getty Images. “I don’t quite know what to do next,” said Simon, a media CEO. Simon had been a chief executive for 15 years, and CFO before he was 30. He had turned around private and public companies, quadrupled profits and quintupled revenue. But, with his company recently sold, Simon was considering retirement. Like many CEOs, he had had no time to plan his retirement — all his focus had been on running the company.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Apple became the first company to be worth a trillion dollars. They did that by spending five years single-mindedly focusing on doing profitable work. They’ve consistently pushed themselves toward high margin luxury goods and avoided just about everything else. Belying their first two decades, when they focused on breakthrough work that was difficult and perhaps important, nothing they’ve done recently has been either.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Maskot/Getty Images. Career or child care? It’s an unfortunate dilemma faced by every working woman with a baby on the way. Should she take a lengthy maternity leave, knowing that more time at home can improve the well-being of both mother and child? After all, research shows maternity leaves are related to lower infant mortality and reduced maternal stress.

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