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This 27-Year-Old Left a Promising Architecture Career to Revamp Her Family’s Struggling Hotel Business

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The Brooks Hotel falls into disrepair—physically and financially Three years later in August 2019, Nelson graduated from college and started her architecture career in Boise. They went into our restaurant where people were dining, and they took the till. Her mother told her what a dire state The Brooks Hotel was in.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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The Art of Persuasion: 4 Tips to Master Influence

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In 2019, he released his Wall Street Journal best-seller, The Soulful Art of Persuasion: The 11 Habits That Will Make Anyone a Master Influencer. Think of the last time you were in a food court mall, and a restaurant employee handed you a sample of food tacked to a toothpick. Could you be the next marketing pro in your industry?

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Ep 207: Deedee Benyi on Understanding the Business and Supporting Multiple Executives

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In this episode, Deedee talks about how to understand the business so you can better support your executive team, supporting multiple executives, creating a professional and personal brand, as well as championing the collective administrative professional brand.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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Many times, companies just really don’t know how to onboard and manage an adult on the spectrum,” Moore says. Many crew members found work at grocery stores and restaurants. “In early years, when students would finish nonPareil, they were still having difficulty finding a job…. It’s hard to see something you don’t understand.

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Ep 215: Kathleen Burns Kingsbury on Changing Your Money Mindset and Negotiating for What You Deserve

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In this episode, Kathleen talks about working with virtual assistants, changing your mindset toward money, how to negotiate for higher pay, and tips on public speaking. Breaking Money Silence®: How to Shatter Money Taboos, Talk More Openly about Finances, and Live a Richer Life is Kathleen’s fifth book.

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A look back at The Stoddart Review: the once and future guide to workplace productivity?

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One of the researchers told Fortune magazine : “There are many people in that sample that do frontline jobs, for example in retail, manufacturing, or hotels and restaurants, and they naturally don’t work from home because of the nature of those jobs”. percent above its level in the last quarter of 2019 before the pandemic.

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