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Achieving Success Comes Down to One Thing: Connecting With People

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Growing up, I dabbled in just about everything—from band and choir to basketball and acting—because I needed to know more about all the things life offered. Join a committee, serve as a camp counselor, participate in nonprofit clubs, volunteer at local churches or host a charity event. Stay curious and open minded.

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On to the next task.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I need a minute to go back and check and then I am completely up to speed again. We had another meeting in July and at that meeting they decided to break up the issues into two separate meetings with different participants who would go off and do their work and at the end the two groups would come together to share what they had learned.

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Set Stretch Goals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). As scared or nervous as they were, they stepped up to the plate and they were proud of themselves afterward. I had a huge family in Cleveland and I loved growing up there. Yes, it ended up being an ‘office romance.’ Oh heavens, I thought!

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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How Will You Show Up? , Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Van Jones (CNN host) and was the festival production company for Newark Arts Festival (2017 and 2018). She was born in Chengdu but grew up everywhere. Gao uses her experience as a chef to share meaningful flavors that open people up to new ideas and conversations.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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By masking her identity from the hiring committee, it guaranteed that she’d be judged on her performance, not her gender. Or how, according to a 2020 study published by AnitaB.org, women make up just under 29% of the tech workforce. Once you bring new talent in the door, you can’t let up. in 2016 to 44.3%

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