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Don’t be discouraged: Overcome your doubts
Greg Witz Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementGrowing up, millennials were told repeatedly that if they got a college degree, they would get a job. This in turn would lead to buying a house and starting a family. Unfortunately, this has not been the case. Between struggling to find work and being weighed down by massive amounts of debt, many in Generation Y are having doubts about their goals and dreams.
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Bringing World Cup passion to your office
Jessica Taylor Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAfter watching how thrilled the fans became when Team USA advanced to the round of 16 despite losing to Germany, I thought to myself, "This enthusiasm and passion is just how it should be in a workplace."
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Business netiquette: The right way to use social media
Scott Steinberg CommunicationsModern social networks provide endless opportunities for associations and working professionals to connect with colleagues, peers and potential partners in new and novel ways. But as widespread as services like Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn have become, basic rules of netiquette and business conduct still apply.
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4 quick tips to make presenting simple
Catherine Iste CommunicationsAre you ready for your TED talk? In the expert hands of John Bates of Executive Speaking Success, you could be. I had the pleasure of hearing Bates, who specializes in helping people convey their stories in a TED-ready format, speak at a recent Women in Technology International event.
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Could they do it if their lives depended on it?
Mel Kleiman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementDo you have a hiring problem, a motivation problem or a training problem? To find out, ask yourself: "Could they do it if their lives depended upon it?" The "it" can be any set of desired behaviors. For example, "it" could be completing a certain set of reports by noon on Friday each week.
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3 secrets to successful leadership
Greg L. Alston Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementGood leadership is a curious thing. Lots of brilliant minds have tried to describe it, and lots of feeble minds have misunderstood it. Does personality define the leader, or is it something else? And how does someone travel from being inexperienced to becoming a good leader?
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Why reputation and relationships are vital to your career
Maria Huntley Association ManagementLast month, I took 12 minutes out of my busy day to listen to a speech by a former colleague. Andrea Mokros delivered the commencement address at the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, and her message about the important role that your reputation and relationships play in your life really resonated with me.
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Why leaders should hand out compliments, not just criticism
Christina Nava Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementLet's face it: No one wants to work under a leader who rebukes more than commends. After a while, it becomes exhausting. The purpose of any criticism in the workplace is to express disapproval. It is to indicate that the work someone has put in isn't as good as it could be. While this negative feedback is meant to bring about improvement in an employee, too much of it often produces damaging effects.
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3 steps to better office communication now
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementI love technology. I even married a software DevOps guy. So I was thrilled when I walked into a new client's office as their interim head of HR and they told me IT reported to me. What followed was something that happens too frequently when experts communicate with nonexperts.
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Why they don’t quit: 3 drivers of employee retention
Greg L. Alston Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementHaving been in management since 1978, I have attended hundreds of meetings dealing with employee retention issues. The debate has raged for years about what the biggest drivers of satisfied employees are. Most people default to pay as being important, which it obviously is, but it does not seem to be the most important factor.
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