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Finding Your Voice: Advocating and Negotiating for Yourself as a Woman in the Workplace

Success

I spoke to a mentor about how I was feeling, and his words of wisdom have remained with me ever since. Effective Negotiation. Chester Karris: “ In business as in life, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.”. The art of negotiation is a powerful skill to master in your career.

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Soft Skills Training: 8 Soft Skills Courses to Elevate Your Career

Success

A workforce full of active listeners, leaders and collaborators leads to increased efficiency, effectiveness and productivity. You could even ask someone with the skills you seek to mentor you and provide regular feedback and advice. Negotiation Mastery Negotiation skills aren’t just for sales teams.

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What 3 CEOs Learned After Spending a Day in Their Employees’ Shoes

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Rim runs a consulting service for families who have kids hoping to get an acceptance letter to a top school, and though he has always been “deeply involved” with his lead mentors, he recently became a full-time mentor for the day. His goal? “To Your team will feel seen, heard and validated.

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Emerging Technologies for Administrative Professionals

All Things Admin

Cloud – As businesses make the switch to cloud computing, collaboration between internal team members and external clients alike occurs daily. It doesn’t have the ability to negotiate a contract or the creativity that’s needed to think outside the box. A computer can’t persuade someone to buy a product or service.

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Book Review: Give and Take

Productivityist

Grant also writes about how givers negotiate better than takers. In one study of student negotiators, the group trained as givers got better deals for themselves and their opponents. Besides advice on networking, collaborating, evaluating, and influencing, there are sections about avoiding burnout and not being a doormat.

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77 Things I Did In 2010

Brilliantly Better

It’s a collaborative project started by my friend Jonathan Wells. Had to mentor projects and give advice to the attendees, evaluate the pitches and pick a winner. From the selection phase, going through the interview and negotiation phases, all seemed incredibly familiar. Been Part Of Many Collaborative Projects.

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The Enneagram at Work: Which Number Are You?

Success

In an office setting, this insight can explain why some collaborators need more time to process information than others, why some people monopolize meetings, and how to reach the employees who never speak up. Since conflict isn’t scary to them, they easily sniff out others’ weaknesses and can be powerful negotiators.