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It might take extra time and patience to find her, but your ideal hire does exist. Here's five strategies you shouldn't miss
Read More »6 Gen Y Rules for Older Workers
Stop judging & start listening: Senior execs can learn something valuable from their youngest employees. This is part of a 2-part series.
Read More »6 Gen Y Rules for Older Workers
Stop judging & start listening: Senior execs can learn something valuable from their youngest employees. This is part of a 2-part series. Read the companion post: 8 Old-School Rules for Gen Y
Read More »Lessons From a Sales Guru
Here are 6 quick nuggets of wisdom from sales guru Harvey Mackay.
Read More »10 Things Bosses Never Tell Employees
Confessions you wish you could make to your team but can't. There’s a lot you don’t know about your employees, especially the things your employees will never tell you .
Read More »9 New Rules for Great First Impressions
It takes more than a firm handshake to make a great first impression these days. Use these tips to make sure you're getting it right
Read More »Know Your Limitations; You’ll Lead Better
The best leaders recognize their weaknesses--and struggle through them. I am known as a pretty quick study on most issues I face in my professional career
Read More »Brain Injury Rate 7 Times Greater among U.S. Prisoners
A car accident, a rough tackle, an unexpected tumble. The number of ways to bang up the brain are almost as numerous as the people who sustain these injuries
Read More »Brain Injury Rate 7 Times Greater among U.S. Prisoners
A car accident, a rough tackle, an unexpected tumble. The number of ways to bang up the brain are almost as numerous as the people who sustain these injuries. And only recently has it become clear just how damaging a seemingly minor knock can be.
Read More »Entrepreneurship is Really Risky, Right?
A pair of experts on start-up life challenge the conventional notion that other career paths are far safer than starting your own business. To be an entrepreneur you need to be bold, the usual thinking goes.
Read More »The Philosophical Quandary of Work-Life Balance
Experts of all stripes offer tips on how to rethink the work-life juggle and escape stress. Here's why doing so is nearly impossible. Work-life balance is one of those problems that is so hard to solve in terms of concrete actions that we often try to get rid of the tension by creatively re-conceptualizing it
Read More »Why Your Best Employees Are Leaving
When it's not about money, your star employees are probably jumping ship for one of these reasons. You start a business and you hire a key employee.
Read More »5 Unusual Ways to Become a Better Speaker
The art of captivating an audience can take years to develop.
Read More »4 Signs You Are Overworked
Take a cue from endurance athletes: Here are four ways to tell you're about to hit a performance wall. Sometimes it’s obvious we need a break , but in most cases we figure it out too late. When you work double-digit hours and Sundays are no longer a day of rest, feeling overworked can become the new normal.
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