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Coach John Wooden on Succeeding with Integrity

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Take a look at the role models your children look up to and you’ll quickly notice patterns of loose standards, unrealistic expectations and unworthy pursuits. Have you ever felt the pressure of knowing what was right but felt unable to stand up for what you believe? This article was published in October 2016 and has been updated.

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Advancing Women in Tech: Executive Nancy Wang’s Forward-Thinking Nonprofit

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She also founded, in 2016, a nonprofit membership organization , Advancing Women in Tech, which “accelerates careers and addresses diversity gaps in leadership.” The organization, for which she now serves as board chair, has helped more than 40,000 people to date via mentoring and training materials delivered via Coursera.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Female entrepreneurs , CEOs and community leaders who mentor and support young women provide invaluable guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their ambitions. How Will You Show Up? , She was born in Chengdu but grew up everywhere. 1 spot in a billion-dollar company and mentoring many others to massive success.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

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When you’re in charge, your opinion simply takes up more space than that of others, whether you intend it to or not. Describing your team as a family also sets up a very confusing mixed reality because you can’t fire a member of your family, but you absolutely have to be able to fire an employee who isn’t pulling their weight.

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How to Build a Library Worth Having

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My mentor, Earl Shoaff, got me started on mine. Soon, you’ll open up a whole new world of fresh ideas. This article was published in December 2016 and has been updated. We all need to build a good library. Here’s one of the books he recommended: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Think and Grow Rich. Begin with a few books.

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How to Improve Your Client Relationships

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We’ve been working together for five months, and I touch base with him up to 15 times a week. In turn, they served as business mentors to me; the senior partner is much older and more experienced than I am. This article appears in the March 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. But I also draw a line.

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Change Is Hard—Here’s How to Influence People to Get on the Same Page

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But he is staying up late reworking problems and the math just isn’t making sense to him. The answer might be training or online tutorials, or a mentor or coach working alongside them for a few weeks. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated. For him, lack of motivation isn’t the problem. How big is the gap?”

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