HR Digest

MARCH 29, 2024

If you want to learn how to answer behavioral interview questions with ease, then it’s essential to personalize your responses and plan for how you would answer them yourself. Interviewers rarely expect you to bring up the worst mistake of your career and delve into how it broke your spirit entirely.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Worrying projects your thinking in the future and you really can’t do much about that. 80/20 Your Projects. I kept a file (at home) of what projects, people, and departments were doing. Spend your time building your strengths, developing solid connections in and out of your company, and plan for the future of your career.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

And if you’re an employee, don’t underestimate the value of leadership skills in your career. Takes ownership of projects and holds team members accountable for their roles. When an employee is absent or arrives late, it can disrupt workflows, delay projects, and cause unnecessary stress for their colleagues.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 30, 2010

don’t just write ‘work’, write ‘client calls’, or ‘Penske Project’ Don’t just write ‘business’, write ‘BNI connecting’ or ‘new website’, or ‘product expansion’ I’m looking for you to blurt out items without a lot of introspection.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Is Your Career A Rollercoaster Or Are You Driving It? Are you driving your career? What’s Killing Your Career? And this employee/object will remain at rest (no movement – no raises, no promotions, no new projects, no GROWTH) until “a sum of physical forces” are acted upon it. Can Change Your Career. Guaranteed.

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Waterman Licensing Covey Objective 286

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 18, 2011

Acquiesce Sometimes for the good of the project and the company (and your job) you have to give in. Think of a recent obstacle in your career – what did you do? Obstacle feels the pain too and they are making you lose critical time, resources, and money to make this agreement. Just like an armistice after a war, you’re giving in.

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Licensing Bottom-up Ethics Executive Coaching 297

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 17, 2011

Usually when I am up and taking a shower in the morning, I start thinking of all the BAD reasons about my business, career and life. Plan Ahead. Get Shareaholic Tagged as: Action , Mondays , Plan Ahead , Planning , Slump , Smile , Stretch { 2 comments… read them below or add one } Ian Brodie 01.17.11

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

You are given a project/task to do. Unexpected calls, emergencies, breakdowns, other clients, other projects, home emergencies, etc. Unfortunately, we don’t plan for these things to happen. You tell you boss/client that Wednesday will be very tight and you might have to move around some projects/tasks.

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How To Licensing Ethics Project 248

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The focus on employee welfare started post-World War II when retirement and pension plans appeared as the biggest forms of employer care. Think back to any project you might have last worked on, where other individuals were involved—a science class in school, planning a road trip with friends, or anything that required collaboration.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Here are some ways you can bridge that gap: Next time you have that errant negative thought about yourself, an action, a project you’re working on, say to yourself, “Is this negative thinking moving me forward or backward? All this builds up to your ability to believe in your success. What thinking will rocket me forward?” Unported License.

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Film Licensing Ethics Executive Coaching 320

Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 29, 2010

So many people go off half-cocked and attempt something grandiose or unattainable by any measure and then find themselves cashing in again on a failed project, initiative, or life goal. Plan for any hiccups in the process. Realistic - Be honest to yourself and pick those goals that you can actually achieve. Return policies?

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 25, 2011

Have you ever started to pick up significant momentum during a project, moving faster and faster, leaving everyone behind? I’ve seen (and had) this Mojo many times in my career. There is a theory of moving slowly and acting strategically to hit your deadlines and vanquish your obstacles. Unported License.

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Licensing Ethics Executive Coaching Energy 232

HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2024

The importance of power here is well-documented—seniors direct every employee’s workday, assign and reassign work, make decisions on project outcomes and goals, determine whether the employee has a future at the organization, etc. At various points in your career, you will get to hold some degree of informational power.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Yet there’s been nothing traditional in sales for the past 15 years thanks, in part, to women making it a successful career path. I teach and advise Gen Yers — also known as Millennials (born after 1980) — at the university level in sales and business ethics. A few keys: Support planning to master skills over time. Paul, Minn.

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Management Media Learning-by-Doing Fashion 187

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

These people are very much the poor relations of the tech world however, recruited to projects via platforms such as Mechanical Turk or Appen, and often paid a pittance for their labor. Ethical data. This means they have to go beyond insecure gig work and offer people the trappings traditionally associated with a career.

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Power Ethics Venture Funding Quality 74

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Subordinates - Give them one of your higher-end projects. Clients – See how you can add just a little more pizzazz to every interaction. Call them unexpectedly and get their feedback. Colleagues – See how you can help them. Givers gain. Unported License.

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Licensing Ethics Open-book Positioning 279

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 10, 2016

Guest post from Suzanne Bates: When I started my first career in television news so many years ago, the term “employee engagement” had been invented. I worked hard, stayed late, and gave my all, because I was on a mission to excel in my career and do something that mattered. Give managers a plan to do something.

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Team Quality Survey Learning-by-Doing 120

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 16, 2011

But using the word ‘No’ effectively puts you in the driver’s seat — it allows you to make faster decisions on what you have planned to do. If you let someone else pop in with a request, change, or demand and it throws off your plans — it’s frustrating. And I saved some projects because there was still time.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

Skills and Tasks : duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. Strategy : planning, tactics, organizational development. Philosophy : purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Those who excelled at every assignment given and each stage of their career.

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Advice Strategy Company Bureaucracy 58

Skip Prichard

JULY 7, 2021

If we are productive, proactive, and have one eye on the potential impact of our work, relationship building and career, we will have more fun, be a better collaborator and teammate, and have greater success today and far into the future. Are there any unique considerations for career planning and development that stem from remote work?

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How To Learning-by-Doing Long-term Career 121

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

Leaders who listen, reflect, change Kim Stanyer CMgr FCMI took the opportunity to progress her NHS leadership career when the GP practice she managed became part of the Trust. They are ready to tweak ideas as necessary, and don’t beat each other up if a plan doesn’t work in practice. She's now the associate director of primary care. "I

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Kill morale, careers, and even a company. Honest, ethical, and legal behavior is always appropriate—delegation isn’t. Delegation killed morale, careers, and the company. Are there areas where I can help other people grow and develop, and give myself more time to focus on strategy and long-term planning?”

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Delegation Morale Report Learning-by-Doing 152

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2011

Who got the best projects, the largest teams, the raises, and the promotions? Next post: Creating A Life Plan. Let me let you in on a little secret: Years ago, when many offices made the decision to move from suits to casual dress, most employees sprinted into polo shirts and jeans. What did I do? Again, thanks for the good advice.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 4, 2011

Joe Giral, Large Project Quotes 01.04.11 I have never worked for one where this was the case. The closest I came was Prime Computer UK where, and only for expediency, Marketing was once a part of Customer Service. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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Licensing Price Merchandising Ethics 333

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic. Once I found my life work and pursued career choices that really turned me on, my health miraculously improved. Do you have data, or are you just projecting what you’d like it to be? “No one wants to work anymore,” they’ll say.

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Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For others, the coworker’s leaving message needs to capture how easily they were able to work together and how irreplaceable their work ethic is. If it is for someone you are not too close to, you can still include a hopeful note for their future and wishes for their next job, retirement, family plans, etc. Take care and do well.

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Project Company Creativity Learning-by-Doing 52

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission. While values and ethics remain consistent, delivery models must change with time to in order to endure. The use of a project vision is what many projects are missing.

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Blog Mission Statement Tactics Objective 395

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Some are: Financial – This is all-important - I can’t tell you how many executives I would watch sit in meeting and clearly see they had no idea what was in front of them on our financial projections. Know this area cold. Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out. Where are the dependencies? Unported License.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 26, 2018

In TALENT WINS , the authors combine their distinct perspectives to provide a seven-part plan for leaders with insight into how to: Forge the tools of transformation. How High-Performance Companies Are Breaking Critical Work Down into Projects. Energize the board. Design and redesign work. Reinvent HR. Scale up individual talent.

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Charan Human Capital Competitive Advantage Agility 123

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Ultimately, managing people is always an individual project, but those within organizations… As you move away from clear lines of authority, you increasingly encounter others who can resist, ignore, or sabotage your leadership. I plan to continue considering how my new world is the same and how it is different.

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Environment Learning-by-Doing Guidelines Goal 150

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While I believe bonus structures to be a key component of successful compensation plans, if current employees are generally happy with the existing comp plan and are hitting performance goals there may not be the need to add another layer to the comp plan. I personally dont feel bonuses work to promote a good work ethic.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Earning stacks of money, starting a family, and going on expensive vacations are goals that we can all probably relate to but they are not the right answer when asked about career goal examples. These allow you to work towards something specific in your career whether that’s a better job role or a project that inspires you.

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Examples Goal Career Short-term 52

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Management changes, or our strategic plan is rebuffed, or people simply don’t perform the way we think they will. Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted Why Showing Appreciation To Your Team Makes A Difference. Julie Winkle Giulioni of Design Arounds submitted Is It Time To Kill Off Career? See if you agree.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader. Read more at this blog post How Your Shoddy Reputation Could Destroy Your Budding Career.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. Planning, tactics, organizational development. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. You offer a promising career and future for people with ideas and talent. Plan and Benchmark. Role and Job.

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Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 8, 2009

The people who are the most secure in their careers follow similar patterns of behavior. Think in terms of projects: each one has a beginning and an end. You plan what you are going to do, work at it and when it’s finished you move on to the next project. Do you know anyone who behaves that way?

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Learning-by-Doing Ethics Taylorism Taylor 118

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

I can teach anyone to speak, to project, to use pitch, pace, pause, inflection. My time was a cost, and postage for the receipted invoices was a cost, though I sent most as pdfs by email, free. Speaking’s great for the ego. It’s a simple skill to learn. But the money’s in the production of the events. Rich Gee 11.09.10

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Succession Library Licensing Ethics 171