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:—''Jerry Maguire''}} | :—''Jerry Maguire''}} | ||
If you want | If you want a career in in professional services — to make handsome fortune from an ergonomic chair, with beanbags, a soft play area, free taxis home after nine and the benign protection of a human resources, just ''keep your eye on the ball''. | ||
===The ball=== | ===The ball=== | ||
What is the word for a | What is the word for a “shibboleth” that is an ancient principle ''for good reason''? Things that tap deep roots in the cultural layer; that speaks to fundamental biological needs in a way that can’t be derived away. This is the “ball”. | ||
The “ball” is not the upshot of the employee survey, the mentoring program, pay parity, [[ESG]] credentials, workplace satisfaction, community teamworks — these things will come and go, and their administration will doubtless vouchsafe some lucky chancers a decent living — but the basic business of sensibly deploying capital in pursuit of sustainable return. | The “ball” is not the upshot of the employee survey, the mentoring program, pay parity, [[ESG]] credentials, workplace satisfaction, community teamworks — these things will come and go, and their administration will doubtless vouchsafe some lucky chancers a decent living — but the basic business of sensibly deploying capital in pursuit of sustainable return. | ||