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Engaging Corporate Citizenship And Trust

LDRLB

But a new study of 428 employees published in the Journal of Business Ethics found that how the company behaves also matters. If you find yourself working for a bad boss in a good organization and you like the work that you do, my advice is to hang in there if you can. How the boss treats her employees clearly affects their engagement.

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. o Make sure your position has P&L responsibility. Usually sponsors have more senior positions than mentors, and it is their responsibility to advocate for an individual and pull them up the ranks to a top level position in the company.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

Marina Lau, a senior marketing manager at JotForm, says one of her key mentors provided all sorts of practical advice, but it was all built on a foundation of creating a strong sense of inner confidence. Sometimes they look like an email introduction to a key contact or a word of advice on dealing with an important stakeholder.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

Marina Lau, a senior marketing manager at JotForm , says one of her key mentors provided all sorts of practical advice, but it was all built on a foundation of creating a strong sense of inner confidence. Sometimes they look like an email introduction to a key contact or a word of advice on dealing with an important stakeholder.

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Morning Advantage: Microsoft's Downfall?

Harvard Business Review

This abstract pulls out some of the key management missteps: forcing experimental new projects into P&L rigor too early; forcing new products to use Windows, even as it hampered their viability; and forcing managers to use "stack ranking," in which employee performance is graded on a curve. 50 SHADES OF I-WANT-IT-TODAY.

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Navigating an Office Without Formal Processes

Harvard Business Review

If you notice that the casualness means there could be a risk to governance, or ethics — for example, the online security systems aren’t as good as the ones at your old workplace — it’s a great opportunity to suggest changes,” she says. Take an effective coworker out to lunch and ask her for advice. Principles to Remember.