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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views (Dec. 2, 2016)

Eat Your Career

I wrote a few new articles for Ivy Exec over the past week. READ IT HERE >> How to Recover After Bombing the Interview. Job interviews are tough business. I really enjoyed this article on “work martyrs” (people who are willing to unnecessarily suffer for their work) and why they’re harmful for organizational culture.

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Advancing Women in Tech: Executive Nancy Wang’s Forward-Thinking Nonprofit

Success

She also founded, in 2016, a nonprofit membership organization , Advancing Women in Tech, which “accelerates careers and addresses diversity gaps in leadership.” This interview has been edited for length and clarity. This article originally appeared in the September/October 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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Jamie Fiore Higgins on Workplace Toxicity, Gender Discrimination and Why She Left Wall Street

Success

Jamie Fiore Higgins worked on Wall Street for nearly 20 years—from 1998 to 2016—and by the end of her career, she’d amassed a small fortune. By 2016, she was making 40 times more than her house cleaner and 10 times more than her doctor. I interviewed everywhere—at all the different banks—and I had a lot of job offers.

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How You Can Combat Collaboration Overload to Improve Company Performance—and Your Own

Success

A 2016 Harvard Business Review article found that over the past two decades, time spent by leadership and employees in collaborative activities has grown by more than 50%. But following those interviews, he became convinced that at least 50% of the problem lies with employees. But teamwork isn’t going away anytime soon.

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Braintrust - a Coop Online Freelance Talent Marketplace

Small Business Labs

   Shareable's 2016 story How Platform Coops Can Beat Death Stars Like Uber to Create a Real Sharing Economy nicely covered the topic. And, like Braintrust, the article argued that coops would provide workers with more income and control.  coop version of Task Rabbit. .  coop version of Task Rabbit.

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The Real Good Life Takes Dinner Stress Off Your Plate

Success

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Our second child was born in May 2016, and our first meal delivery was that September. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. How did you decide to start The Real Good Life? What was that like?

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Dream, Girl—Dream Big

Success

But today, June 9, 2016, I’m here to cover a documentary film premiere showcasing stories of female entrepreneurs at The Paris Theater near Central Park. And because New York City feels like a place where you should be doing multiple things at once, I’m also streaming a Facebook Live interview with Leslie Odom Jr.—the You break it!”.

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