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3 principles to building — and keeping — a great relationship with a mentor

Ideas.Ted

I’ve had more mentors than anyone I know. Without a father in my life, I grew up hungry for advice — which gave me a reason to make my relationships with mentors more personal and more meaningful than the average mentor-mentee relationship. Mentors tend to be older than you and work with other older-than-you people.

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A Heartfelt Holiday Message

Office Dynamics

Now, for my important message and words of wisdom for the holidays. We become role models and mentors. Also make sure you don’t sabotage your career by letting your hair down too much at the company holiday party. When we lead in the 5 Pillars of our life, we naturally lead others. We become that ray of hope for others.

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Holiday Messages Made Easy

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just received this article written by Lynn Gaertner-Johnston of Syntax Training and wanted to pass it along to you as it has some great tips for holiday messaging. I know you will be spending the holidays without your wife, Kathryn, for the first time. Words for Holiday Messages. Happy holidays! Happy holidays!

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Employer adds yoga, dance and fun to retain workers

On The Job

Maybe the boss ensures that you get your favorite color of nail polish at holiday time. She also welcomes Libby, the office mutt, who often is featured on the company''s holiday card and adds to the fun atmosphere that Litzky wants to cultivate. But she says that leadership also is serious about coaching and mentoring staff.

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

Success

In 2015, New York City began officially observing two Muslim holidays —the “first large metropolis in America” to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. All between the ages of 10 and 15, they’d come to learn about video game design—a skill once reserved exclusively for their fathers and brothers. Go ahead and embrace your differences.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

And for the sixth time, we have done the research to find the 25 most influential leaders in this space: the coaches, speakers, authors, mentors and thought leaders to know in 2022. He is a teacher, a mentor, a coach, a convener, and a doer. Coach, mentor, creator. But this year, there’s more. Elena Cardone. Cindy Castillo.

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Living the 5 Pillars of a BIG Life

Office Dynamics

I spent about 90 minutes viewing videos from our 2012 Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence to extract clips for our ‘Event of Distinction’ trailer video for our 2013 conference. I was also casually mentored yesterday while speaking to one of our spiritual leaders. Do you guilt shop?

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