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5 things you must accomplish before age 25
Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe first 25 years of your life are supposed to be the foundation-building years, where youth grows into adulthood and gains the basic skills and education necessary for your peak career years. As the foundation goes, so goes the building.
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How to attract millennials to your internship program
Kelly Sharp Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAccording to estimates, millennials will make up 75 percent of the job force by 2025. Those born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s are predicted to lead the next phase of innovation, though their job standards differ from any other generation. In order to capture the attention of these top performers, companies must now strategize internship opportunities that incorporate the key values of millennials.
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Business buzzwords: Phrases can become too popular
Paul Zukowski CommunicationsSometimes a colorful buzzword (or phrase) becomes so popular "nobody goes there anymore" as baseball legend Yogi Berra once said about a restaurant. Or at least you should resist going with the stampede.
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Effective risk facilitation: Understand the 4 P’s
Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe role of the facilitator is to make things easier for a group of people working together on a common task. This is a difficult job that needs special skills and careful preparation, particularly when facilitating a risk workshop, where the element of uncertainty introduces special challenges.
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For team-building and workplace benefits, follow the bouncing ball
Bob Kowalski Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe pingpong table long ago moved from the rec room to the office. The question that followed is this: Is it a recruiting tool, team-building element, fitness equipment or a waste of time and productivity? It's not hard to see why pingpong tables have found their way into companies — they're cheap. Used tables can be bought for less than $100. Coworkers easily can pitch in to buy a table if the company doesn't provide one. That means an ownership stake by the employees.
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When to bring a coach into your organization
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementCoaching can be a valuable tool. Like with any tool, though, it helps to know what you can use it for and, of course, how to use it. Coaching is a great way to help employees at any level through some sort of transition.
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Learn to be a better actor from Oscar losers
Brie Ragland Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThis year's Academy Awards brought viewers an abundance of reactions and a few surprises. In fact, with all of the talk about Leonardo DiCaprio's fifth Oscar nomination leading up to the awards, it was almost worth watching just to see what his reaction would be if he happened to lose again.
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How to make sure your office avoids a case of the Mondays
Kelly Sharp Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementDo you know why Friday is one of the most anticipated days of the week? Not simply because it's the last day of the work week, but also because it's a generally relaxed day. After a week of hard work, employees can finally slow down, knowing they've completed their tasks and responsibilities.
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You have to think like a leader to become one
Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementLeadership is a process. You don't just wake up one day become a leader. So how can you begin the process of being a leader if you are not yet one? There is no one right or wrong way, but there are steps that can help you gain control by thinking like a leader.
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10 simple tips for becoming a better manager
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThese tips are not earth-shattering and should not be new to anyone reading them. Nevertheless, these rather simple and common sense tips should help you to be a better manager.
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