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How To Build a Future Others Don’t See

Leading Blog

If you want to push your career and your organization forward, you need to get bold. Follow humans around to understand why they do what they do. How to Engineer a Hot Streak Science tells us that you are likely to experience a hot streak after a period of intense exploration. Ask bolder questions.), No exceptions.

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Two Weeks and No Updates? Time to Write a Follow-up Email after an Interview

HR Digest

If you’ve recently attended an interview and now you’re spending your time glancing at your phone and refreshing your email, then let us suggest taking matters into your own hands with a follow-up email after an interview. Should I Send a Follow-up Email after an Interview?

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Exposure To Different Careers Can Help Overcome The Skills Gap

The Horizons Tracker

When we start out in our career we’re often placed in the perverse situation of expecting to know exactly what we want to do for the next 40/50 years while having no real experience of any career, let alone the multiple careers that might give us a realistic ability to appraise which one suits us best.

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10 Books You Should Read This Summer

Leading Blog

We can make better choices by reducing both noise and bias by following the prescriptions offered here. Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success by Ron Friedman. By reverse engineering what has worked for others, we can unlock patterns that will work in our own lives. Friedman will show you how.

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From Misunderstanding to Mastery: Four Dimensions to Transform Your Cross Cultural Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

That Wasn’t a Compliment Early in my (David’s) career, I worked in a very culturally diverse organization. Cross Cultural Leadership Challenges Recently, we were working in the Philippines when a leader asked me (Karin) how to help their team speak up with ideas or identify problems and potential solutions. Politely say “no”?

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45 Career Advice Experts Offer Career Success Secrets

Miles Anthony Smith

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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How to Be Less Negative – and Still Be Yourself

Let's Grow Leaders

I know because I’ve heard this feedback many times in my career and relationships. While the initial cost is lower, managing the contractor and bringing them up to speed will cost more time and money, plus any extension of the contract would cost more money than the current situation. They may propose follow-up solutions.

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