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A Look at How Brad D. Smith Motivated and Inspired Intuit Employees

Success

Smith’s successes “When I transitioned into the CEO role, one of my primary goals was to learn what our stakeholders were thinking about,” he said. “I There was a wealth of learning and consistency from what I heard that helped frame the priorities for my first year as CEO. The ability to learn, adapt and execute is critical.”

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Networking best practices for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Networking is really important. We are behind the scenes specialists, we are not encouraged to put ourselves out there and even if we did want to get involved in a networking event we are often too busy to leave the office. The problem is networking is really important. Which networking events to attend.

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Networking While in Transition is the Key to Success

Job Advice Blog

There could be many reasons: feeling uncomfortable with the networking process, not knowing the process, being shy by nature, or never having needed to network in the past. The purpose of job-search networking is to cultivate relationships to lean on for getting advice, information, and–it is hoped–referrals.

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Ep 210: Lexi Gunther – Executive Support Team Manager and Executive Assistant to the Head of Product at Cedar

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

She has been an EA and thought partner since 2009 and currently works at Cedar, a health-tech company, where she manages the Executive Support Team and is the Executive Assistant to the Head of Product. Brené Brown CONNECT WITH LEXI Lexi on LinkedIn ABOUT LEXI Lexi Gunther has been an Executive Assistant and thought partner since 2009.

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3 Companies That Give Back to the Community Year-Round

Success

Bombas When they learn the most requested item in homeless shelters is socks, most people stash away that fact and move on or maybe donate a few pairs of new socks since old pairs can’t be reused for hygiene reasons. While some companies opt for one-time gifts, social enterprises build giving back into the fabric of their operations.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 10, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world.

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Keys to Effective Networking

Office Dynamics

Part of what makes it such a great personal development program is that speakers are always bringing in excellent ideas for others to learn from. N-Networks —What groups or organizations are they a member of? Her first book, Living a Five Star Life, was released in January of 2009 by Simple Truths. Tags: Networking.