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Dreamer or Visionary – Who Are You?
“Dreamer.” Oftentimes, this word is used to describe people who are out of touch. But consider for a moment what…
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The Executive Search Process: What Senior Candidates Need to Know
Are you ready for the next step in your career? Are you striving towards a new position in management? Whether you found…
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11 Habits of Successful Leaders [VIDEO]
Anyone can be a manager, but not everyone can be a leader. Today we take a look at the 11…
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Salary Calculator
Adding Zeroes To Your Paycheck, Made Simple
You pay. And pay. And pay. Almost half of your money goes to the government, skipping your pocket altogether. It’s high time to improve your salary – wouldn’t it be nice to have a few more hundred dollars in your account at the end of every month? But how much can you earn in your…
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Spotting Special Employees
Turns Out, You May Be Sitting On Hidden Talent
Leaders: promoting from within? You’re doing it all wrong Filling management spots is a common leadership headache. Let’s say you are on the hook to find the right person for an open team lead position. You look at the pool of talent that is already in the company, and consider whether it might be better…
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French Presidential Election
More Than Meets the Eye: The Secret to Macron’s Success
Against all odds, the freshest face in the 2017 French Presidential race has backed his right-wing populist opponent Marine Le Pen into a tight corner: Emmanuel Macron. Who is the man bringing new hope to French politics? From the outside, one could easily see French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron as an overachieving political wunderkind: Always composed,…
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Cultural Fit
Surprise! You Can Still Like Your Job Even If You Hate The Company Culture
The workplace culture dilemma will not die. It is common wisdom that organizations that build a distinctive, positive work culture and hire employees who fit it do better. The problem is, however, that getting the match right is tough. Company cultures change over time, too. And so do people. The go-getter who once thrived in…
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“So Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?”
Interviewing when things didn’t go as planned in your last job You start on the fast track. You work hard. You get promoted. Your career is moving along just as you planned. Then, you hit a speed bump. Maybe your boss sees you as a threat and starts making life difficult. Or someone else gets…
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Unorthodox Lunch Breaks
Can A Lunchtime “Quickie” Improve Your Productivity at Work? Sweden Thinks So
Put „sex“ in a headline and it is guaranteed to go viral. This is why when an obscure town council member of a small Swedish community proposed that government workers be allowed to go home and have sex during their paid, one-hour lunch breaks the news went global. Yet there is a bigger, more important…
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Dress For The Job You Want
Hoodies and Sneakers: The New Workplace Uniform
Corporate cultures are shifting, and the workplace uniform with them. The 1980s saw the beginning of the “casual Friday” movement, which allowed employees to shed the ties and high heels once a week for a more comfortable look. That has slowly given way to a dress-down-every-day trend in many offices. When you get a dress code…
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United Airlines has a lot to learn
Reacting To A Crisis Without Making Everything A Million Times Worse
A damaged image, plummeting stocks and an ugly shitstorm. Since a United Airlines passenger was forcibly dragged from an overbooked flight – and on camera, no less – the company has received nothing but criticism. Since then, it’s only gotten worse – scorpions falling onto passenger’s heads, a groom and his bride-to-be booted from their flight…
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Over-Managed & Under-Led
The “Teslatization” of the Boardroom
Jaco Erasmus likes to call it the “boredroom” — the reason why so many C-suite execs are exiting the building, according to him, is because the boardroom is becoming an echo chamber of high-level executives who speak to each other and increasingly operate in a silo while the company chugs along at an alarmingly efficient…
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Culture Clash
Miki Agrawal: An Example of the Deadly Trend of No Workplace Boundaries
Yes, even in 2017, boundaries are a thing. But it feels like it’s becoming a business trend to “break down barriers” to create an idealized, thin membrane between personal and professional, between boss and friend, and edgy and inappropriate. The founder of Thinx, Miki Agrawal, is under fire for blurring boundaries in a big way….