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Advice to New Graduates in Their Job Search: ‘Put Your Baseball Cap to the Side’

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Solicit their advice on your job search and ask for their feedback on your resume. Candidates who are unprepared for interviews are a constant source of irritation to hiring managers. Ask them for advice. Ask them for advice and candid feedback. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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Why it Pays to be a Contrarian

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Since that time, I’ve continued to follow my father’s advice and grown my business into a billion dollar company. “If Alan Fox is the president of ACF Property Management, Inc, and author of The New York Times bestseller PEOPLE TOOLS: 54 Strategies for Building Relationships, Creating Joy, and Embracing Prosperity. About the Author.

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Recommended New Year’s Resolutions for Entrepreneurs

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Ask for Advice: Ask more of our advisors, that’s what they’re there for. Michael Unetich is President of TIP Solutions, a Chicago-based software company building a patented set of software and firmware technologies around call handling and management. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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How to Employ Leadership Fundamentals…or Falter

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There's been plenty of unsolicited advice on what to do. Here's a piece of advice about how to do it. Boni is Managing Principal at Kedgeway, Inc and author of ALL HANDS ON DECK: Navigating Your Team Through Crises, Getting Your Organization Unstuck and Emerging Victorious (Career Press, 2015). . Book value is not guaranteed.

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The Advisor’s Corner – Is Burnout a Reality?

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We can burnout when we’re not feeling appreciated, when “it isn’t fair,” when work is meaningless, when we have values dissonance, and when we’re bored. Sometimes we can ‘manage up’ and work with our boss or manage differently with others to mitigate the root causes of our burnout.

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Recommended Resources – The Leader’s Pocket Guide

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Benefits of Using this Book. StrategyDriven Contributors like The Leader’s Pocket Guide for its immediately implementable advice relevant to leaders at all levels within an organization. The individualized leadership lessons enable managers to conduct training and/or group discussion sessions focused on a particular principle.

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Key Strategic Action Questions

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project management, change process, structure) to ensure a positive outcome? Values should be developed with input and buy in from those who must live by them. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. What are the deliverables, milestones, and time lines?