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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

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meetings (totaling 18 hours) per week,” numbers which increase as “management level and number of direct reports increases.” Additionally, non-management employees reported that only 11.9 How can business owners and managers turn around the proverbial time-suck? Hitting those goals will set the tone for future meetings. “If

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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

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I was aging out of foster care—it was 2013, and I was pretty desperate to find a job,” she explains. Even though she experienced success at her job and was promoted to service manager, she wasn’t interested in moving up the corporate ladder—since she would then no longer work with “real car owners.”

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Free Coaching Call: May 2013

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Unfortunately, we only managed to get to a fraction of those. Are you ready to elevate your professional skills, achieve your career goals, and experience more satisfaction at work? The post Free Coaching Call: May 2013 appeared first on Eat Your Career. We actually had over 100 questions submitted this time!! TOTALLY CRAZY!

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Does Money Really Make People Happier?

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Learning to manage money responsibly and serve others is like being able to use electric current in a productive manner. But that’s not what the ultimate goal should be; luxury items won’t make you happier—not in the long run. This article was published in July 2013 and has been updated. Photo by @Annu1tochka /Twenty20.

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Do These 3 Things to Get Everything You Want

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There’s a generalized fear that if someone discovers a larger-than-life goal, they will attack it with negativity. By 2010 he was managing a real estate team, and by 2013 he was head of sales at a real estate startup called Triplemint. Taking risks and trying new things is the fastest way to get unstuck in life.

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Jen Mahone-Rightler Helps Businesses Embrace DEI Initiatives

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As her unconventional ascent up the corporate ladder continued—from manager of inclusion practices at CDW to corporate vice president of diversity and inclusion at New York Life Insurance Company and beyond—she started to see that many of the companies that relied on her expertise were making similar mistakes. “And

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Once Upon a Time in Marketing: The Power of Storytelling

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Position your employees as the hero of the company story to achieve goals, identify vendors and partners as the hero to bolster synergies, or find ways to insert the customer into the role of hero or heroine. My daughter literally screamed in horror before she managed to order her Popsicle.”.

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