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How Important Is Coaching in Professional Development?

Leading Blog

A S A LIFELONG communication skills coach, I was asked recently by one of my colleagues how important individual coaching attention is for a person to learn and grow at any stage of their career. Of course, this is sort of like asking a baker if bread is worth baking. You asked for a sample goal.

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How to Get Ahead: Self-Directed Learning

N2Growth Blog

It’s laughable by today’s standards, but, back in 1988, I spent countless hours in the New York City Library doing the research needed to complete my first book…and, it was that first book that launched my career. In fact, I like to let one topic direct me to the next one.

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Workplace and Life Advice You Can Use

Leading Blog

T HIRTY-NINE LEADERS were interviewed on subjects related to leadership and were assembled by Roger Dean Duncan into LeaderSHOP Volume 1: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice from Today’s Top Thought Leaders (not to be confused with the LeaderShop ). The book is organized around 10 topics. Career Management.

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9 Surprising Benefits of Being an Education Major

Strategy Driven

Spend Your Career Helping Others When you pursue a teaching major, you put yourself on a path to helping others throughout your life. You’ll be able to see a student master a confusing topic in geometry or learn better ways to construct a research paper because of your efforts. Need more suggestions for a new career?

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How to speak up at work: A confident woman’s guide to project self-confidence

HR Digest

But equally, not being able to speak up at work causes frustration, and can even hold you back in your career. By not speaking up at work you are lowering your chances of positive career outcomes. Or we may think practically that speaking up will be career-limiting for us. Perception is reality. Why don’t we speak up at work?

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William Donaldson on Entrepreneurial Leadership

Leading Blog

The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset. Of course, an entrepreneurial leader needs to know about subjects like financial management, competitive strategy, market analysis, and the like. But I think those topics are distinctly secondary. He focused on the personal characteristics of the leader. “Of

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My Gifts To You.

Rich Gee Group

PODCASTS: The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish Powerful topics every week. The Portal with Eric Weinstein Eric brings life to subjects that would be a complete bore in most academic settings. BJ Flagg and I have over 118 podcasts covering many timely issues impacting your career and business every day. The best part?

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