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How You Can Combat Collaboration Overload to Improve Company Performance—and Your Own

Success

While you and your fellow employees might share common goals, more collaboration doesn’t always mean the team will be successful. Sometimes, too many cooks in the kitchen (or collaboration overload) can slow the process, reduce efficiency and derail engagement. So it’s critical to get a handle on managing collaboration.

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10 Questions to Ask Yourself for a Successful Collaboration

Success

These collaborations helped Griffin become successful (he netted millions when he sold his company to Coca-Cola in 1986). If an opportunity to partner on a project or business presents itself, make sure that a collaboration is really what you need or want in order to create or grow your business. Think about what you’re about to do.”

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. Best practices for standing up for yourself. I apologized.

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NEW! OneNote 2016 Training Series

All Things Admin

Whether it’s creating effective systems for minute taking, follow-up on action items, travel planning, procedures documentation, or developing communication systems that are easy for your executives to scan for information, organization is a vital skill for success-minded admins. Part 1: May 12 – Getting Started Using OneNote 2016.

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Examining The Global Impact Of The Gig Economy Explosion

Allwork

According to estimates by the World Bank, the gig economy now makes up 12% of the global labor force. The gig economy is growing, and according to estimates by the World Bank , it now takes up to 12% of the global labor force. However, the study cites the presence of a considerable wage gap felt by women in many regions.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views (Nov. 18, 2016)

Eat Your Career

This is a new, highly collaborative professional development program with a cross-cultural flair. It starts in January and the application deadline is coming up! 18, 2016) appeared first on Eat Your Career. Sounds exciting! I’m intrigued and you may be too. If so, you’ll want to move fast.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views (Nov. 18, 2016)

Eat Your Career

This is a new, highly collaborative professional development program with a cross-cultural flair. It starts in January and the application deadline is coming up! 18, 2016) appeared first on Eat Your Career. Sounds exciting! I’m intrigued and you may be too. If so, you’ll want to move fast.

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