On The Job

DECEMBER 5, 2012

I've written a lot about how to craft emails that get the attention of key people, but I was taken aback when I learned of a study that says it could be your name that determines whether you get a response or not. Could someone named Jamal have more difficulty getting help from a mentor or attention from a higher-up than someone named Brad?

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APRIL 3, 2023

In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. If we’re to succeed in taking a risk and pursuing our purpose, we have to realize that fear is not a red light, but rather a consistent companion we must learn to manage. “If Then a Cadillac Escalade sideswiped me on my way home one evening.

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MARCH 31, 2023

In 2004 Blakely tackled another hurdle when she appeared on a reality show with Richard Branson called The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best , a sort-of cross between The Apprentice and The Amazing Race. Embracing and learning from failure Her father would even have Blakely and her brother do exercises in failure.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. The idea wasn’t to simply learn how to make IBM more attractive to minority talent. Students find mentors, a sense of community and a place to find answers to their questions.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

And for the sixth time, we have done the research to find the 25 most influential leaders in this space: the coaches, speakers, authors, mentors and thought leaders to know in 2022. He is a teacher, a mentor, a coach, a convener, and a doer. Coach, mentor, creator. But this year, there’s more. Elena Cardone.

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