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Feedback: Take It or Leave It, but Don’t Defend Yourself Against It

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It was my first performance review in my first professional job, and I was nervous. My manager sat down with me in a tiny conference room to review the 360-degree feedback I had received from my co-workers. But there was one review that was not positive. This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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When Harry Hecht, an Orlando, Florida-based mentor with SCORE—originally named the Service Corps of Retired Executives—encounters business owners who are reluctant to outsource, he has them track their time. “I VirtualAssistantAssistant.com has reviews and ratings of many virtual assistant companies. Bring it on.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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A quick look at diversity in the workplace Between 1970 and 1997, after such screens had become embraced for blind auditions, the odds that a woman would advance beyond “certain preliminary rounds” of a tryout increased by 50%, according to a 2000 study published in the American Economic Review. Go ahead and embrace your differences.

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Certain Truths That Never Change In Professional Development

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I am so excited to kick off 2015 with a bang for many reasons. As I write you in January 2015, I can say with a big smile that there has been tremendous progress over 25 years. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for being a part of the Office Dynamics journey and look forward to a tremendous 2015.

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The Admin’s Guide to Organizing Digital Files

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It also allows me to quickly review the files types with only one or two files, such as CAB or HTM files, and put them in their proper places. © 2015 Julie Perrine International, LLC. I also see that there are 16 iCalendar files that I can delete if the items have already been added to my calendar.

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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

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Tim is the author of the book The Business Romantic (HarperCollins, 2015), which has been translated into nine languages to date. Tim’s writing regularly appears in publications such as Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Inc, Quartz, Psychology Today, and Wired. million times to date.

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