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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

Success

Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. Already an internationally-ranked swimmer in her native South Africa by the age of 14, du Toit seemed to be a rising star in international athletics. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Meet Our Finalists Yasmine Arrington Founder, Executive Director, ScholarCHIPS, Inc.

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Thursday Morning & 20 Years of Celebrating You & Your Profession!

Office Dynamics

Skipping to 2001, the conference centered on Don’t Gamble on Leading Your Team: Help Your Organization Maintain a Competitive Edge in the New Economy and was hosted in Las Vegas, NV. They discussed that excellence is subjective and motivation is internally generated. In 2006, Get Motivated!

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10 E-mail Etiquette Pet Peeves and How to Handle Them

Office Dynamics

Quick fix: Pretty obvious here: Use your organization's internal phone book’s Employee Search tool to verify names and ensure that you have the right person in mind. In an organization that is a multicultural company, it’s easy to get surnames and first names mixed up. She was previously at Intel from 1995 through 2001.

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Tim Rowe – Founder and CEO of CIC | Flexible Workspaces: Competing Globally

Allwork

And of course, now we’ve really all adopted this notion that it’s okay to be kind of physically around others that are not part of your organization. Frank Cottle [ 00:11:00 ]: Yeah, we became mobile internally within a space, and as well as externally, it wasn’t just external mobility, it was also internal mobility.

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15,000 Feet: The Space Between Projects and Areas of Focus and Responsibility

Productivityist

Ray is a personal productivity and GTD enthusiast, and the blogger, podcaster and organizer-facilitator behind Two Minute Rule , #ProdChat , ProdPod , Productivity Book Group , and many other productivity-inspired projects. While this is internally gleeful as a planner, I knew it wasn’t the best use of my abilities.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

The National Association of Colleges and Employers , an organization of career counselors, says that employers will hire 22 percent fewer college graduates than last year. Then the 2001 recession hit the Telecom and IT sector. “Employers just don’t have the time or patience for a generation that is so picky,” Finnigan says.

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