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Donald Kelly—The Sales Evangelist—Is Out to Create a Community of World-Class Sellers

Success

In 2013, while building his sales career, a friend of Kelly’s introduced him to podcasting. Kelly offers the example of someone who comes in to buy a computer. Take, for example, someone who believes the customer they’re about to call will reject them. Many sellers would assume the person is buying the computer for themselves.

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Lifestyle Entrepreneur Lewis Howes on the Power of Vulnerability and Authenticity

Success

Being a curious facilitator of life-changing information is exactly what Howes was aiming for when he launched the podcast in 2013, though the path to get there wasn’t exactly that of a conventional, starry-eyed entrepreneur. That was 2013. Take, for example, Howes’ interactions during the photo shoot for this story.

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How To Design Workplaces For Neurodivergent Employees

Allwork

One example is separation zoning using natural material screens, moveable furniture, and adjustable blinds. 2013 ), meaning that it can be a real challenge to find the right balance, and mismatches of reactivity and environment are common. One contributing factor is the way workspaces are designed.

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Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

As the chart below shows, the percentage of full-time independent workers with health insurance has increased from 64% in 2013 to 83% in 2016. million more independent workers have health insurance than in 2013.  Hoffman's article references a recent U.S. This means about 3.3

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Why does colour psychology make so much difference to us?

Workplace Insight

In 2013, two Australian academics set out to discover the answer to a deceptively simple question. Although it was intended to act as a standard reference work in the way we now use colour charts, the sheer amount of work in its production meant it was limited to only one copy and so of equally limited value for its purpose.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

For example, a project room for intense activity amongst three to six people could feature a high seating position to support movement and active brain activity, with whiteboards and technology to share digital content. Instead, leaders today seek transparency, a connection with their teams and to lead by example.

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Why Networking Is Essential For Career Success (and Everyone Should Do It NOW)

Eat Your Career

I see a lot of people who only start thinking about networking when they “need” something—like a new job, for example. For example, a contact in your network knows a position is soon going to be available at her company because a colleague in her office is retiring. And that takes time!!