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Introduction to the Masters Program

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Introduction to the Masters Program

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Introduction to the Masters Program

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Introduction to the Masters Program

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Introduction to the Masters Program

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How to Become a Fractional Executive in 30 Days

If you’re trying to figure out how to become a fractional executive, the process doesn’t start with submitting more applications. It starts with shifting how you think about your experience,...

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Over 50? You're not going to make money the same way you used to.

You’re Not Going to Make Money the Same Way You Used to. And that’s a good thing.

In the next few years you’ll make money from clients, not a job. You’ll make money from your own ideas, not a job. Some of you will make money making...

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Freedom is our birthright. Freedom is also never free.

I’m sitting with these thoughts on freedom today because it’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A man I deeply revere when it comes to the idea of freedom—and the pursuit...

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The Answer Is Full-Time. What Was the Question?

For the last half-century, we’ve operated inside a single, unquestioned assumption: Whatever the problem is, the answer is a full-time hire. Growth problem? Full-time. Leadership gap? Full-time. Marketing stalled? Full-time....

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What Diogenes Would Say About Fractional Work

Meet Diogenes: The Philosopher Who Moved Into a Barrel Let’s start with a scene most people have heard in fragments but never in full: Diogenes — one of the sharpest,...