When I was in third grade, my teacher took the twenty-two kids in my class to wilderness camp. My friends and I stood in a circle and held hands. Someone had to stand in the middle blindfolded, and then fall …
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Do you check emails in the middle of the night or while at dinner with family or friends? Have you checked your messages while on vacation? If so, you’re not alone. A new Working Simply survey finds that 84.5 million …
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I was at a meeting in which a c-suite executive proclaimed that her organization had experienced too much tumult lately. This organization had decided on a new policy: managers in new positions would now have to wait a full year …
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From humankind’s earliest days, mentors and coaches have been a significant ingredient in the careers of many accomplished individuals. As they reported in Fast Company in 2006, Jim Bolt and Brian Underhill conducted a study that found that 56 percent …
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When my friend Ben Casnocha sent me a copy of his new book, The Start-Up of You, I knew that I was going to read something innovative about networking. After all, Ben wrote it with Reid Hoffman, the cofounder and …
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I used to think that a leader was powerful if she had a lot of financial responsibility, or if he was directly responsible for a team of hundreds of people. But, as we first talked about here last summer, there …
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Picture this: your manager has called a team meeting to discuss an issue that is critical to the future of the group. You walk into the conference room with hesitation. You know by talking to other people that your opinion …
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