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Can Leaders Take a Break? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Purdue is known for its bright engineers, top flight technology students, it is the alma mater of the first and last men to walk on the moon. Yet, the question as I talked with women in the Purdue leadership program is still the age old one of how to balance it all; career, family, community, and time for oneself.

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Five Great Ways to Earn Extra Money in 2010 :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Here’s a tip: learn about search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and use of keywords. Get started by contributing content to sites that utilize freelance writers. Some will take unsolicited articles, many will give assignments to freelancers.

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Social Networking: Can Someone Else do it for you? :: Women on.

Women on Business

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Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes

QAspire

I was thinking about why engineering disciplines focus so heavily on checklists? The review says - The utility of formal protocols, according to organizational experts, varies with the nature of the activity—some activities are highly systemized, like engineering, and others dependent on the judgment and personality of the individual.

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Founder Personality Matters For Startup Success

The Horizons Tracker

Next, they compared these personality profiles to data from Crunchbase, the world’s biggest startup directory. Furthermore, the study revealed that startups with a mix of different founder types, like an adventurous leader, an imaginative engineer, and an extroverted developer, had significantly better chances of succeeding.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Google your name periodically. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Be willing to be scattered.

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Moving from Transaction to Engagement

Harvard Business Review

LinkedIn is an example of how we connect, collaborate, and share with each other in a career aligned social network. A Skype call or instant message reaches out to both the corporate directory and your own personal network. Engagement systems are powered by business rules and complex event processing engines.