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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

Success

18, 2019, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch completed the 221st spacewalk in support of the International Space Station’s maintenance and assembly, and marked the first all-female spacewalk in history. And yet, gender equality in pay doesn’t exist A list like that, well, it should make our predecessors proud.

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

Go Burrows

In 2002, Ann Hiatt was fresh out of college, starting her first post-university job supporting Jeff Bezos’ at Amazon in Seattle. Amazon was made up of less than 1000 employees in 2002, compared with today’s 1.3 As the most junior member of Jeff Bezos’ office, Ann’s days consisted of a lot of intern-level work.

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The Common Mistakes Futurists Make

Small Business Labs

Key quote: While most of us are in roles where we are focused on exploiting the current business model, nowadays, everyone’s job, regardless of level, is to be somewhat of a futurist who is able to foresee where the business is going and internalize the change by creating and executing their individual plans. And is some ways it is.

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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. In 2002, they discussed Becoming a World Class Assistant hosted by Catepillar Inc. Thursday dawned sunny, warm and bright. In 2006, Get Motivated!

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Green Gift Giving: Soda Stream Review & Giveaway!

Eco-Office Gals

Several blogs had been giving them away and unfortunately, I hadn’t won one yet. Globally, 206 billion liters of bottled water were consumed in 2008 (Zenith International Global Bottled Water Report, 2008). Since I don’t really like any other soda I had to leave taste testing to the rest of the family.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

Success

But how do you move beyond the bumper stickers and T-shirt slogans that say “Just Do It,” “Live Strong” or “Be Brave?” Nine months after calling off her wedding, she was managing a remote hospital in Darfur, Sudan, that served internally displaced Sudanese refugees. Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002.

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Bioteams Part 4: The Team Organization Zone

BioTeams

This article is the final in a four-part series which describes each of the 4 Bioteams Zones, continuing with t he Organization Zone. T his article was originally published in 2005 by Ken Thompson and Robin Good. Rule 3 – Act don’t Ask (Permission Granted). Introduction. Rule 2 – Everyone must broadcast.