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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

That’s what Stan Silverman has preached in his hundreds of columns for years. ” -Stan Silverman. ” -Stan Silverman. A climate survey of employees is one of the best ways to gauge whether the tone at the top and culture are problematic. ” -Stan Silverman. ” -Stan Silverman.

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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? A survey of 1,000 salespeople returns some surprising results.?. We all hate business jargon, but we can't stop using it. More people commented on this post than on any other in HBR.org's history. The Best Cover Letter I Ever Received. Don't bother. by Steve W.

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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

Ensher, Ph.D ( Mentoring Professor and Consultant ) Ability to build trust with your team Besides my own “Power Mentoring” than a new book on Making your job a calling by Dik and Duffy Don’t assume all is well on your team - measure it by using Gallup’s engagement surveys 3.

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Workers, Take Off Your Headphones

Harvard Business Review

My informal survey of a dozen people I know under the age of 35, working in a range of desk jobs, all in the U.S. The necessary and artful tango between inner-directed and outward-focused, first chronicled in David Reisman's landmark 1950 book The Lonely Crowd , has been problematically transformed by technology.