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The Alliance Transforming careers at LinkedIn

In the past: Lifelong employment like families | absolute loyalty

In the 1990s: Free Agent

free will | prove yourself

The Alliance

The company helps transform the employee’s career and

the employee helps transform the company.

Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh

Key concepts

Tour of Duty 1

Network Intelligence 2

Alumni Network 3

Tour of Duty

Individual Interests

Company Interests

Tour of Duty Components

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Type of tour

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Mission Objective

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Duration

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Measurable results for company

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Measurable results for employee

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Next Steps

“I would like to gain operational experience so that I can eventually become a manager.”

“We may have a churn issue with our customers. We need to evaluate our current operations.”

Individual Interests Company Interests

Tour of Duty: Analyze churn issue and recommend the solution

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Check Ins/ Fine Tuning

Frequent system for bidirectional feedback

Define Next Tour

Identify Next Play

Implement Tour of Duty

Build Trust

Develop a bidirectional relationship

Create Alignment

Align professional aspirations and values with company goals and values

Craft Tour

Commitment with clearly stated benefits for

manager and employee

Trust and alignment

Transforming careers through learning

Transformation Plan