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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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Olympic team in 1956, winning bronze in the 4×100 relay. Four years later, she truly made her mark, winning gold in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and as part of the 4×100-meter relay team, breaking three world records. In 2003, again swimming the 800-meter freestyle, she won gold at the All-Africa Games.

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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

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Instead of allowing her to apply for a job, the DPW director said to her, “We only hire boys from the football team,” and suggested she “walk across the street and go get a job at the recreation department because that’s where the girls go.” Abbott felt the full sting of that rejection. “I’ll I really wanted to try nonprofits.”

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It Takes Courage: Building Administrative Support Teams

Office Dynamics

I began working with my employer in January, 2003. We created an internal website to post meeting minutes, opportunities to become involved in the organization, information on off-site locations for meetings and events, catering information, and much more. It Takes Courage.

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Is College Still Worth It?

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He’d identified a passion for engineering while acting as fabrication director for his high school robotics team and was motivated to pursue that vein. “I Toyota came on in 2003 [and] Honda in 2005, followed by Subaru, Nissan, Fiat Chrysler, Ford and Mercedes-Benz. I really liked building things with my hands,” he says.

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Thursday Morning & 20 Years of Celebrating You & Your Profession!

Office Dynamics

The focus in those days was on administrative teams. They were concerned about leadership of a team (having that vision) and how to build peak performance, i.e., how to be a star at work. In 2003, Opening the Airwaves to Communication was hosted by The Boeing Company in Long Beach, CA and was built around “human moments.”

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Bioteams Part 4: The Team Organization Zone

BioTeams

In an earlier article, I argued that traditional teams have key weaknesses and limitations and are now being replaced in organizations by Virtually Networked Teams. I described the problems these teams face and pointed to critical issues that can make technology both part of the solution and part of the problem. Introduction.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

I really should, if for no other reason than I need to be able to do my Office tips in 2007 as well as 2003. I have the software at home, but havent gotten the gumption up to load it yet. February 03, 2009 Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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