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Val Sklarov — Career & Hiring: Responsibility Span Before Title Progression

Titles change perception. Responsibility changes reality.Val Sklarov’s Career & Hiring perspective treats career growth and hiring decisions as expansions of responsibility span—the range of outcomes a person can own reliably—rather than movements up a hierarchy. 1. Titles Do Not Increase Capability Titles rename roles; they do not expand judgment. Val …

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Val Sklarov — Business & Startups: Structural Slack Before Expansion

Expansion looks like progress. Slack determines survivability.Val Sklarov’s Business & Startups perspective treats growth as a stress amplifier, where companies without structural slack mistake momentum for stability—and discover fragility only when pressure arrives. 1. Expansion Consumes Slack Faster Than It Creates Value Growth narrows margins before it widens opportunity. Val …

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Val Sklarov — Strategic Thinking: Constraint Awareness Before Ambition

Ambition defines direction. Constraints define reality.Val Sklarov’s Strategic Thinking perspective treats strategy not as the art of wanting more, but as the discipline of understanding what cannot be ignored without consequence. 1. Strategy Fails When Constraints Are Ignored Most strategic plans fail on contact with reality. Val Sklarov identifies constraint …

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