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Sort Through Your Options: Developing Your Boomer Career Strategy
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5097BC-ELeadership and People ManagementAs a Boomer in the wonderful post-"empty nest" and pre-"old age" midlife years, you have an unprecedented opportunity for satisfaction, productivity, exploration, and creativity-for reinventing yourself. This chapter provides some guidance for sorting through the many available options and forming a career strategy. This chapter is excerpted from "Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation."Starting at €8.20
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The Events and Trends that Have Shaped You: Who Is Generation Y, and What Does that Mean for Your Career
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-7812BC-EMany of our most powerful impressions are formed when we are teenagers. These impressions shape our assumptions not only about the world but also the role of work within it. As a generation, Gen Y's have been impacted by influential events like 9/11, and a technology environment that had most of them at computers since their earliest days. Also important are the cultural trends and family ties they grew up with, such as working mothers and a pro-...Starting at €8.20
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Miracle Life, Inc. (Spanish version)
Cohen, Lauren H.; Malloy, Christopher J.Case HBS-218S08FinanceMilagro La vida es una empresa con una configuración única y la estructura organizativa. En concreto, se trata de una empresa de marketing de red (también conocido como marketing multinivel (MLM) empresa), que utiliza una gran base de distribuidores, y depende de esta base de distribuidores individuales para vender sus productos, dando incentivos explícitos para estos distribuidores individuales a la vez vender sus productos e inscribirse otros d...Starting at €8.20
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The Power of Alumni Networks
Cohen, Lauren H.; Malloy, Christopher J.Article HBS-F1010D-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter analyzing more than 15 years' worth of investment data, the authors have found one way that information gets around and improves investing performance: through alumni networks.Starting at €8.20
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Wall Street Doesn't Understand Innovation
Malloy, Christopher J.Article HBS-F1212D-EThough innovation is critical to a company's growth, investors don't seem to factor companies' strength or weakness at R&D into decisions to buy stock.Starting at €8.20
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Introduction: Gen Y's in the Workplace
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-6309BC-EChances are good that you, as a member of Generation Y, will not find today's workplace immediately well matched to your preferences and style. Much of that stems from generational gaps - the different ways that you and your Boomer or Gen X coworkers view the world. Your success will depend on understanding how other generations think and work, and how you can plug in to work effectively with them. This chapter is excerpted from "Plugged In: The...Starting at €8.20
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Identify Your Preferences: Generation Y--Shaping Your Personal Career Strategy
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-7815BC-EThere is a clear link between understanding what you love and identifying tangible elements of the work environment that would be best for you. What is the deciding factor in your job search? In this chapter, the author describes six archetypes of work-related passions and preferred relationships. She also includes an exercise to help you determine which of the six rates highest for you. This chapter is excerpted from "Plugged In: The Generation...Starting at €8.20
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Introduction: New Career Opportunities for the Boomer Generation
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5100BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThe Boomer generation will be the first to enjoy a significant period of healthy, active non-childrearing adult life, and demographic shifts in the talent pool present mid-career workers with an important opportunity to rethink their relationship to work. This chapter offers Boomers the chance to step back and take a fresh look at life and career, and to consider the opportunities afforded them by the new world of work. This chapter is excerpted...Starting at €8.20
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Leverage Your Advantages: Generation Y--Shaping Your Personal Career Strategy
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-7819BC-EAs a member of Generation Y, you have three big advantages: a tightening labor market, the ability to take some risks, and a distinct point of view. Each of these gives you a lot of power in the workplace - the key is learning to leverage them properly. If you can do that, then your strengths will allow you to find a career you love. This chapter is excerpted from "Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work."Starting at €8.20
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Why Do You Think What You Think: Boomers' Views on Work and the World
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5099BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chapter profiles Boomers and their unique worldview and relationship to work, comparing their attitudes and expectations to those of other generations. This chapter is excerpted from "Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation."Starting at €8.20