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A Father's Advice: F. Scott Fitzgerald on What to Worry About

Leading Blog

In it, he offered the following advice to his 11-year-old daughter Scottie, while she was away at camp. It is still good advice today. How good am I really in comparison to my contemporaries in regard to: (a) Scholarship (b) Do I really understand about people and am I able to get along with them? (c)

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25 Excellent Pieces of Advice That Most People Ignore

Lead from Within

Give yourself an edge with these 25 gems of sage advice that most people ignore. Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Sometimes we get excellent advice but we forget to take it in. The post 25 Excellent Pieces of Advice That Most People Ignore appeared first on Lolly Daskal. Take time to know yourself.

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Making Hybrid Work for you and your Team

Chartered Management Institute

Comparison of before and after training figures: Resolving conflicts Keeping teams motivated Balancing work & home commitments Managing underperformance Explore key findings Key Recommendations The report highlights the key skills that managers should demonstrate to make hybrid working effective.

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So you’re a junior employee. How can you influence cultural change?

Chartered Management Institute

Advice: So you’re a junior employee. Advice Looking for advice and guidance? Whether you are looking for topical tips or information, you can find the latest advice and guidance from the CMI team here. How can you influence cultural change? Please login to the left to confirm your registration and access the article.

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Performance Review: How to respond to frustrating or lazy performance feedback

Let's Grow Leaders

In my article on infuriating phrases, my advice to your manager is to stay focused on results and behaviors, rather than the rating. To stay away from comparisons to other employees, or blaming other people for the rating they received.

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Asking for a Raise

Lead Change Blog

There’s some great advice available to you in this post. Leigh’s comments are on page 2 about making comparisons between your actual work [.] Asking for a Raise.

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When to Cooperate and When to Compete

Leading Blog

Drawing on interdisciplinary studies, they show how to manage social comparisons (We crave comparisons because we like to know how we’re doing compared to the people around us.), They say that asking for advice does more than turn adversaries into advocates. “It Always follow up with your advice givers.

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