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How Taking Charge of Your Emotions Can Help You Find Success in Business

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Particularly in the workplace, where outbursts, arguments or even vulnerability can not only undermine an individual’s credibility, but also serve as grist for today’s gossip mill and live on in company lore for years. Doing so will create a better path for yourself, and a better work environment for you and your co-workers.

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5 Good Lessons from Bad Bosses

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When it comes to leadership and maximizing the potential of your team, a healthy, collaborative environment is always going to be more effective than isolation or condescension. We would go to long lunches, she wouldn’t question if I left early, and would share office-gossip that I knew was unprofessional.

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Procrastination at Work: How to Practice Better Time Management

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Procrastination can manifest itself in several different ways in a work environment, and it’s important to familiarize yourself with each type, which includes: Online procrastination. Technology can’t take all the blame for procrastination at work, as there are plenty of ways to waste time offline. Offline procrastination.

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Attracting Productivity: Work Environments

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Home About Me Advertise Attracting Productivity: Work Environments By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Job Seeking , Networking , Productivity D o you think of yourself as a productive person? Remember, money isn’t everything. Do you feel that you are happy at your job?

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Ep 241: Elena Navarro on Corporate Culture, Toxic Workplaces, and Maintaining Confidentiality

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SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to The Leader Assistant Podcast so you don’t miss new episodes! Elena Navarro 1:58 So I think I just fell into the role, I was actually going to college and I was working as a cart girl at a golf course, and just didn’t really have, you know, a lot of interest in doing that route.

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A staff away day that worked

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Often no one actually thinks what the value is of running the meeting and you can’t count hangovers and gossip generated from the evenings drinks! Gave the attendees a very creative environment in which to work. Many of us will have no doubt at some level been involved in the Staff Away. Gallus Events did a few things.

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What We Can Learn About Careers from Pope Francis

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Otherwise, Francis points out that those who don''t are a "sick body." Let''s not forget in this competitive environment, sometimes the best thing you can do is be a good listener for a struggling co-worker, or even offer to take a stressed manager out for coffee. If you don''t, you may just find yourself dispensable.

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