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At the end of the quarter, a lone HR person ran around like a Jack Russell, nipping at managers’ heels to get updated numbers before the board meeting.
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
Anna Wintour’s first job at Harpers & Queen in 1970 was as a junior fashion assistant, and it was a key starting point in her legendary career—even if she didn’t stay long.
Here’s what we know about that first gig:
🔹 The Job: Junior Fashion Assistant
She was only 20 years old and had just dropped out of North London Collegiate School.
The role involved
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When his company reached 50 employees, Michael Dell recognized the need to hire someone to manage the People side of his growing business and serve as a shock absorber between him and the rest of the organization. He recruited Barbara Kreisman from Motorola University. She helped him scale the company to 40,000 people before leaving Dell. (She is
... See moreVerne Harnish • Scaling Up : How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)
Guy Kawasaki, “From the Desk of Management Changes at Apple,” MacUser, December 1991, and then a follow-up piece, “How to Prevent a Bozo Explosion,” How to Change the World, February 26, 2006, http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/how_to_prevent_.html.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Gustav A. Højlund, who’d been appointed as LEGO’s first independent Head of Personnel in 1962