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

Success

She called me one afternoon to share good news: the path to becoming CEO was opening up in front of her. She had a crucial meeting coming up where she would have the opportunity to put her hat in the ring. It is important to set ourselves up for success financially, which we talked about in chapter 1. Speak up!”.

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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. There are many ways to practice and improve soft skills without signing up for training courses. You could even ask someone with the skills you seek to mentor you and provide regular feedback and advice.

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

Success

wake-up to be able to check members into a 6 a.m. She has some tips for other CEOs wanting to give this a try: Do less talking and more listening so you can pick up on “subtle cues” around the inefficiencies and opportunities. We have to make sure to deliver on anything we roll out across the system,” she says. His goal? “To

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Emerging Technologies for Administrative Professionals

All Things Admin

And an admin who is unable or unwilling to keep up with the ever-changing technological demands of the profession will get left behind. Cloud – As businesses make the switch to cloud computing, collaboration between internal team members and external clients alike occurs daily. Don’t let the changing requirements scare you!

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Book Review: Give and Take

Productivityist

As I continue my travels, I''m offering up a guest post from a regular contributor to the blog, Mike Dariano. Mike offers up book reviews here at Productivityist , and he writes about other things he''s learned at People Smarter Than Me. Givers win in the long term because they build up a larger network and help those people get ahead.

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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. Up to the point that I identified 6 stages of them.

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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. When it comes to meetings, they show up prepared. Sevens light up a room.