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The Rise In Portfolio Careers

The Horizons Tracker

Once upon a time the portfolio career was seen as pretty sexy and came to typify the “free agent nation” spoken about by Dan Pink way back in 2001. The report highlights the work done by Smart , the freelancers cooperative founded in Belgium before spreading out into seven other EU countries. Banding together.

Career 107
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How to Improve Your Organization’s Culture Through Employee Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

First, leaders should educate their team members that human connections help satisfy the universal needs employees have, such as respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth, meaning and progress. For example, do team members understand that the quality of connection can affect the level of cooperation and collaboration?

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What is a Great Teammate, and WHY Should You Be One at Your Workplace?

Great Results Team Building

A study conducted by the University of Texas found that diversity in a team can lead to more creative and innovative ideas. Glaze delivers engaging conference keynotes and interactive team building events that help healthcare and education leaders build more positive and profitable cultures.

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Leading for Others

Great Leadership By Dan

So a lot of leaders end up promoting people who are just like them in gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disposition, and education. History suggests that women will not be able to fully dismantle the ceiling by sheer force of will and talent without the active contribution and cooperation of male leaders. What was the situation?

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45 Career Advice Experts Offer Career Success Secrets

Miles Anthony Smith

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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The Growing Power of Women in Business

Women on Business

In the past, business was about cooperation, and we cooperated because we had to. Men are great at cooperating. So the bottom line is that diversity has always been an unbelievably powerful force in any company—not just racial diversity, but male-female diversity too. Plot it out. Make it happen.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

As you fly into Doha and cast your eyes over the gleaming towers of West Bay or the striking new facilities emerging on a daily basis both in central Doha and Education City, it can appear incredulous to countenance Qatar as a nation afflicted by the resource curse. Unlocking human potential. Institutional advantage.