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If You Don't Ask. Getting the Business Help You Need By Judy Katz

Women's Leadership Exchange

For too many years I did not take Grandma's sage advice. Judy Katz, Katz Creative, Public Relations, Book Collaboration and Ghostwriting Services www.katzcreative.com My sweet little grandmother used to advise me all the time, 'Judy darling, remember: If you don't ask, you don't get.'.

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How to Work for a Gossipy Boss

Harvard Business Review

Seek advice. Can you give me some advice on how to help my boss build a stronger team?’” Ask for advice from a trusted senior colleague on how to deal with the situation. Earlier in her career, Gayle Katz worked as a marketing manager at a small East Coast–based startup focused on the renewables industry.

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Why I Tell My MBA Students to Stop Looking for a Job and Join the Gig Economy

Harvard Business Review

” This may sound like odd advice to give MBA students. Economists Larry Katz and Alan Krueger found that all of the net employment growth in the U.S. The advice I give my students is to look for plentiful work, not increasingly scarce jobs. In 2000, during the dot-com crash, that rate fell below 2%.

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