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Federal Contracts Depend on Your Report Card

Women on Business

If you’ve developed a good relationship with your CO during the life of a contract, and even communicated about what he/she plans to put on the CPAR, there shouldn’t be any surprises.). (If But, like a positive comment from that English teacher, it couldn’t hurt.

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The New World Of Enterprise Sales

Strategy Driven

The enterprise sales practice has been highly affected by technological change, in a mostly positive manner. And as more and more staff became familiar with the usage of personal computers, they gained a greater understanding of the positive benefits of using a third-party product that was supported by a reputable supplier.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

I’m a huge advocate of refining initiatives that allow any level of talent to be developed to the maximum potential. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. I’m just not a believer in attempting to label someone as a leader, and develop them as such when they are clearly not.

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To Achieve a Major Goal, First Tackle a Few Small Ones

Harvard Business Review

However, becoming a published author requires thinking about getting an agent and a publisher, writing a proposal, working with an editor, and developing a plan for promoting the book after it’s published. Think Strategically About Your Career Development. You and Your Team Series. Goal Setting. Make Your Work Resolutions Stick.

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People Who Think They’re Great Coaches Often Aren’t

Harvard Business Review

Impressed with his positive attitude about himself, we asked, “How do you know?” This phenomenon was described by two Cornell psychologists, David Dunning and Justin Kruger, who observed that for any given skill, incompetent people fail to recognize their own deficiencies and don’t recognize the skill in others.

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Leaders Aren’t Great at Judging How Inclusive They Are

Harvard Business Review

This phenomenon is not limited to inclusiveness — the Dunning-Kruger effect, for example, explains that unskilled people are particularly prone to thinking they are more skilled than they are. Practicing inclusion involves a set of behaviors that can be developed in leaders.

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C'mon, IT Leaders. Take a Chance!

Harvard Business Review

ts and harms of one choice of action over another, and to balance positive potentials and stated priorities to achieve desired outcomes versus potential harmful outcomes. Small, agile cycles of development and risk assessment help to measure goals, evaluate success and easily change execution strategy.