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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I blog several times a week, and have been writing in the career advice and leadership development space for almost eight years. How many ideas have I had to brainstorm to write about? You do the math. It’s a lot. …
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Unlike personal finance (because some people make more money) or career development (some people are in a high-demand field), time management is more egalitarian; we all have the same number of hours in a day. But you wouldn’t really know …
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In recent years, staycations – vacation time taken without leaving one’s home – have become popular. I’ve been hearing about them a lot more during the summer of 2012, when gas prices and airfares are especially high. More on this …
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In 1940, the Christian minister and civil rights champion Benjamin Mays became the president of Morehouse College, the first university for African American men located in Atlanta, GA. Shortly after his tenure there began, Mays met the 15-year-old Martin Luther …
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It sometimes is one of the great mysteries of the universe that the most obnoxious jerk on the planet gets promoted at work while the nicest folks seem to get laid off or stuck in dead-end jobs. But it’s really …
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