When you begin a career, what counts is what you know — your skills applicable to specific tasks that you have been assigned, your schooling, your relevant experience, etc.

In the middle of a successful working life, what starts to matter most is who you know — your network of connections, your ability to tap into the right experts, and your power to bring a team together to get a big job done effectively.

But if you reach mature status in an organization, what really makes a difference is who you are — your reliability, honesty, vision, helpfulness, and the other classic "Boy Scout" virtues. Mere cleverness isn't enough. You need to have built trust.

(see AgesOfWork)

TopicOrganizations - TopicLife

Saturday, July 28, 2001 = 2001-07-28

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