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How to Make an Even Better Career Elevator Pitch

Let's Grow Leaders

Use this Simple Technique for a Better Career Elevator Pitch. Do you ever think of exactly the right thing to say — your perfect career elevator pitch — the moment you walk away from the conversation? This moment in my career helped launch me into the next level of leadership at the company I worked for.

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How Do I Deal with a Manipulative Boss?

Let's Grow Leaders

You have a long career to consider. What advice do you have for someone who has a manipulative boss, “gamer” boss? Note: This was filmed at the King’s Road in Ireland on a pre-pandemic trip speaking at the Project Management Institute Global conference. How Your Great Boss Might Be Hurting Your Career.

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I Dare You to Do Better.

Rich Gee Group

In the 2016 film "Star Trek," a pivotal scene captures a moment of transformation for the protagonist, James T. In our careers, the fear of failure can be a significant barrier. Mentors provide insight and advice and can often see potential in us that we may not see in ourselves. I dare you to do better.”

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Brilliant Careers Are Built With Bold Moves

Eric Jacobson

She encourages women to treat their career like an investment portfolio with early deposits of bold moves, courageous actions, and informed risk. One thing I know for certain that I wish to impart to you: Brilliant careers are seldom built without bold moves ,” says Hunter Arscott. My best bit of advice: Ask, don’t assume.

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Enhance Your Communication Skills with Constructive Feedback

Strategy Driven

Early on in my career, I was consulting for a major film and music studio in Los Angeles when a woman approached me to say, “Dr. Don’t overwhelm people with criticism and advice. In addition, those that we ask may not have the professional expertise to offer us the insights we need to work through difficult challenges.

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Highlights – 27 March

Chartered Management Institute

An article in the Financial Times explores the trend of ‘Quit-Tok’, where people film their resignations and redundancy. In this week’s newsletter, you’ll find our tips on how to develop adaptability, and advice from a board-level leader who’s experienced its power first-hand. Not any more. Many of these clips go viral on social media.

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Making Choices

CEO Blog

Or you go to the movies with someone who insists on choosing the films that aren’t even of interest to you, but you concede rather than going to the movie of your choice all by yourself. Heed counsel from the maven of advice, Oprah Winfrey who has been quoted as saying, “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”