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Starting Your Own Business

Strategy Driven

Are you ready to turn your career into a 24/7 lifestyle? When you eat, sleep, and breathe your career, time becomes a lot more valuable. Especially if this is your first venture as an entrepreneur, being realistic about your goals and expectations is fundamental in maintaining your sanity. Say goodbye to your 9-5. Find a mentor.

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To Lead, You Must Follow

Lead Change Blog

When I began my career, I set my sights on one day being a manager, maybe even a director. What I learned within a short span of time is that titles and org charts are invisible to the definition of leadership. My ambition was to become a reputable leader who had influence and ability to motivate people to achieve their goals.

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

.” Eric Pennington presents The Role of the Corporate Rebel posted at Epic Living – Leadership Development Career Management Training Executive Life Coaching Author , saying, “In this post, Eric Pennington, articulates the importance of the corporate rebel and how they should be imbraced.

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Eric Pennington presents The Role of the Corporate Rebel posted at Epic Living - Leadership Development Career Management Training Executive Life Coaching Author , saying, "In this post, Eric Pennington, articulates the importance of the corporate rebel and how they should be imbraced.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

You must choose to get off the sideline and into the game, then you must choose to endure the learning curve, and finally you must choose to deploy the needed resources to be successful. The Key to Success Success or failure in social media is nothing more than making a simple set of good choices.

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Why You Need Feedback from Others

Your Voice of Encouragement

He realized that a coach could reduce his learning curve and provide the support he needed. Ive been doing that as president of Performance Support Systems and as an entrepreneur for the past 27 years. Sometimes we recognize that we need to change, but we never get around to doing anything about it. #4.

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When to Turn Down a Lucrative Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

First, you can consider declining an engagement when your learning curve has flattened. If you can instead shift your attention to mastering new skills — aka “ jumping the S-curve ” — then you can continually stay engaged and make work much more enjoyable.