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How to Increase your Visibility at Work

Career Advancement

Ascher, who worked in a medical technology firm, had been making an effort to enhance how others perceived him over the past six months. In every career path, there’s a level at which leadership skills and visibility play a much stronger role in promotions than job skills. Justine Musk. Need to take risks to increase your visibility.

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30 Recession-proof Jobs and Careers

HR Digest

Recession is also a time when people are more likely to make big career changes—whether they’re looking for greener pastures or just want to try something new. So what kinds of jobs and careers are recession-proof? A pharmacy is also another great example of a place that seems active when the economy is down.

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How to Propel Your Career in 10 Minutes

Great Leadership By Dan

But what about career management? There’s a well-publicized notion that professionals spend more time planning a vacation than planning for their careers. That’s an unfortunate truth for many of us, even though a successful career is much more important to our happiness—a research-backed fact. Welcome it with open arms.

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How to Increase your Visibility at Work

Career Advancement

Ascher, who worked in a medical technology firm, had been making an effort to enhance how others perceived him over the past six months. In every career path, there’s a level at which leadership skills and visibility play a much stronger role in promotions than job skills. Justine Musk. Need to take risks to increase your visibility.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. That said, a candidate, for example, with an excellent technical background, will be able to learn a product or service and, as a reality check, potentially in less time than finding a perfect insider who comes from a competitor.

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KidPower 2015 Earth Day Project – Coaching Kids to Lead

Lead Change Blog

Fifteen years ago, I reinvented myself and started a new career in faith-based social services. This month, COI is undertaking an ambitious Earth Day project titled, KidPower2015 Earth Day Project , with the goal of encouraging COI kids to be leaders in the movement to protect the Earth for future generations.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

Leading Blog

For example, instead of saying, “That meeting went way too long,” you can say “The meeting ended 20 minutes past schedule. If someone asks you what you think about a project and you say, “My interpretation is that it sucks,” you may be honest, but you’re not being respectful. From that I interpreted [blank]. Is that accurate?”

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