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Examining The Global Impact Of The Gig Economy Explosion

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For example, in world regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, job postings for gig workers on the world’s largest digital platform grew exponentially by 130% from 2016-2020. In comparison, North America’s postings only grew by 14%. Who is gig work supporting?

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5 Traits of a Next-Level Entrepreneur

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What are the characteristics and skills of a good entrepreneur ? And that can come in two forms. Mark Zuckerberg is an example of someone who truly understands and trades consumer attention. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated. What’s the “it” factor that makes for a great entrepreneur?

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This Is My Key to a Successful Business Partnership

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In effect, you have to form a strong “partnership” with yourself before someone else can. And every business needs certain skills on board—people skills, organizational skills and planning skills. A complimentary partner can help “fill in the blanks,” adding skills or experience that you lack.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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“Creatives” are not only artistic and imaginative; they are, for example, analytical and task-oriented, too. The fight-or-flight response, for example, originates in the amygdala. Relationships involve inventive problem-solving at every turn, for example, as does the management of our own emotional well-being.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

And passive-aggressive people try to have it both ways, giving in to others but then doling out punishment in sneaky ways—“forgetting” to follow through, backstabbing or sabotaging projects, for example. Assertion is a skill that can be learned like any other. While Joy is skilled in assertiveness, she sometimes reaches her limit.

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Major built environment institutes renew joint pledge to tackle global instability as cities boom 

Workplace Insight

This renewed pledge demonstrates great ambition, and I look forward to working with our partner institutes to lead by example, combining our strengths to make a real difference.” But to do so requires huge collaboration, systems thinking, and the ambition to create urban centres that are wholly positive for all living things.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

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For example, over the course of my career I’ve occupied the role of Fixer and Friend at times, but the Fighter is my go-to theme.). You might, for example, decide that you have a Fixer culture, which will inform what kinds of culture-wide communication and behavior you should focus on changing. No example is too small.

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