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Why Are 2013 Graduates Considered Unprepared?

Chart Your Course

While the National Center for Education Statistics is projecting nearly 1.8 million students to be graduating with bachelor’s degrees this month, a study by Adecco Staffing found that 58% of hiring managers are not planning to hire any of these new grads. via Why Are 2013 Graduates Considered Unprepared?

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Picasso and Project Management

Strategy Driven

It can be a new creation or based off of a different from of art, book to movie or vice versa for example. Creating a Director’s cut is much easier than creating the original film from scratch for example. So what does any of this have to do with Project Management? Projects are works of art and not scientific theory.

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How Create a More Inclusive Workplace for LGBTQ Employees

Let's Grow Leaders

A bit about me: I am presently managing a technical team of what are essentially technically oriented project managers (and she shares her very powerful work history and accomplishments). I really enjoyed it, and it’s definitely given me some new ways to think about what I do as a manager.” ” Your turn.

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Motivate with a Memorable “Vision Phrase” that Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

Take for example Mack McCarter, founder and a leader of Community Renewal International, a not-for-profit organization that helps rebuild safe and caring communities through the restoration of personal relationships and trust. The foundation is projected to touch the lives of 50,000 children by 2014. Make it Memorable.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

If any doubt existed that Disney’s magic was back, it was put to rest with the 2013 release of the blockbuster movie Frozen. The Incredibles, Bird and Walker’s first project at Pixar, was a homerun. In most companies the overwhelming majority of employees feel that senior management does not value their opinions and ideas.

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How to Conquer your To Do List in 3 Easy Steps

Cooperperson

While you were in meetings the action items, project demands, and emails have piled up. 2013) When the mind is focused on the present, we are typically happier than when the mind is wandering (Killingworth & Gilbert 2010). As an example, it’s been my pleasure to spend the last precious hour writing to you.

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Get a Specific “SIP”

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Karissa Thacker What is your current specific self-improvement project? I have taken a coaching tip from Mark Zuckerberg, the boy wonder and CEO of Facebook, and have committed myself to one self-improvement project for this entire year. In 2013, he met someone new every day. Is it specific? Is it measurable?