THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Skills

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” - Theodore Roosevelt

TOPIC OF THE DAY

A To-Do List for the CEO of Your Career

If you answered with any pronoun that is not in the first person, then guess again. I was reminded (once again) of this just last week. I spent a day on the Harvard Business School campus, my old stomping grounds, for a bunch of meetings with professors, students, my book editor, some Deloitte folks, etc.

I'm not sure why I'm asked so often for career advice — guess it could be my job title (chief talent officer), or the well-documented ebbs and flows of my own journey. It may also — unfortunately but true — be my membership in the world's too-small-if-you-ask-me club of woman leaders with kids. Whatever the reason, I get asked about careers often enough that I can now sum up my answer in a single word: options.


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