On The Job

DECEMBER 5, 2012

I've written a lot about how to craft emails that get the attention of key people, but I was taken aback when I learned of a study that says it could be your name that determines whether you get a response or not. Could someone named Jamal have more difficulty getting help from a mentor or attention from a higher-up than someone named Brad?

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Success

APRIL 3, 2023

In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. If we’re to succeed in taking a risk and pursuing our purpose, we have to realize that fear is not a red light, but rather a consistent companion we must learn to manage. “If Then a Cadillac Escalade sideswiped me on my way home one evening.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2016

A place to come, learn and realise that there was at least one other PA that felt the same way you did and was facing the same every day issues you were (and some of the triumphs too!) After I moved to Edinburgh in 2004, I’ve worked in a series of roles which have all involved executive support at senior level.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Circles of Support helps motivated families transition from poverty to self-sufficiency, enabling them to gain economic stability and learn about social interdependence. Circles of Support surrounds these families with well-trained community volunteer mentors who offer guidance and support. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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Success

JANUARY 22, 2023

In a landmark project chronicled by David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. The idea wasn’t to simply learn how to make IBM more attractive to minority talent. If you don’t make the effort, you lose.

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MARCH 31, 2023

In 2004 Blakely tackled another hurdle when she appeared on a reality show with Richard Branson called The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best , a sort-of cross between The Apprentice and The Amazing Race. She kept the project secret for a year. They’d just say, ‘Sara’s working on some crazy idea,’” Blakely says.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

And for the sixth time, we have done the research to find the 25 most influential leaders in this space: the coaches, speakers, authors, mentors and thought leaders to know in 2022. He is a teacher, a mentor, a coach, a convener, and a doer. Coach, mentor, creator. But this year, there’s more. Andrea Callanan. Matt Callanan.

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