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The First 100 Days in A New Job – Make Them Count!
Individuals in a new position are thrust into the spotlight, with high pressure to perform. How can you make the…
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“Why Do You Want to be a Leader?” Master this Interview Question
Potential management candidates are tested thoroughly during the interview process. If you have the ambition to become an executive, you…
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Being assertive in the workplace
Being Assertive in the workplace is a frequently misunderstood concept as there is many of us who confuse assertiveness with…
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Making a plan of action
Establishing Career Goals to Achieve Your Dreams
If you’re looking to move forward in your career, it’s important to have a vision for your future. No matter what position you’re in now, establishing career goals can steer you in the right direction of where you want to go and can lead you to success. Without career goals, you can stay complacent and…
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Headhunters Reveal 5 Top Tips for Professional Success in 2019
To provide you with the best insights on how to improve your career in 2019 we asked headhunters: What are the five best tips to help senior candidates achieve professional success this year? The beginning of the new year is high season, not only for skiers and snowboarders, but also for headhunters, senior managers that…
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How to evaluate your strengths & weaknesses for ultimate career success
Tips on Writing Self-Assessments for the End of the Year
As here self-assessment, also known as a self-appraisal or self-evaluation, gives employees the opportunity to share with their manager the work they have done since their last review, how they have performed on those tasks, areas they feel they can improve on, and what their supervisors can do to help them perform their job better. Given…
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Going off the Grid!
Permanent Availability on the Job
Being available at all hours is extremely important for many companies, but does this mean that employees have no right to switch off? Why shutting off your Smartphone and going “off the grid” should be allowed. Honestly, was it necessary to send that last email on Friday at 9:17pm? Could you not have sent that…
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The importance of values in the workplace
Ancient success strategy: value-oriented leadership
The former Benedictine monk Anselm Bilgri, along with the Andechs monastery in Germany, managed an enterprise worth millions – following an ancient rule of order. Which leadership values are really successful and what are the key roles they play in employee job motivation? The monk who led a company worth millions The great interest of…
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Stuck in a rut at work?
4 Strategies to Give Your Career New Direction
You arrive at work and get your first cup of coffee. As it’s sitting on your desk, still steaming, you start daydreaming about your plans for the evening. Sound familiar? If so, you may be stuck in a rut at work. It’s an easy problem to ignore, after all it’s terribly cozy in the comfort…
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The most wonderful time of the year…
Holiday Etiquette in the Office
This is the soppy time of the year when you have the chance to let people in your life know how important they are to you: family, of course, friends, for sure and …office colleagues? Yes of course for networking and then the next senior position or promotion. OK, also so that you can breathe in…
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Wearing a lampshade on your head is – excuse us – old hat. Violate your corporate policies in style this season.
5 Quick Ways to Ruin Your Career at the Annual Company Holiday Party
Is it already that time of year again? Time for the annual company holiday party? Some celebrate with a formal banquet, others with a sad buffet of frozen finger food. But alcohol is usually in full swing – and along with the open bar comes a wide array of opportunities for faux pas. To keep…
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What Leaders Should Know
The Secret to a Successful Stint Abroad
Champagne in France or beer in Bavaria? When working abroad you will discover new perspectives, but be prepared – it isn’t automatically the case that upon return you’ll be met with a promotion. The careers of successful specialists and executives nowadays increasingly include an international chapter. But when does a stay abroad make sense? And…
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The hidden benefits of stress
How to Use Stress to Make Yourself a Better Person!
Feeling stressed? Embrace it! New research shows that stress can actually make you happier and stronger – just by viewing the experience more positively. Instead of treating stress as a disease, experts are encouraging us to reset our minds to view the negatives of stress as positives. By taking a more positive view of stress…