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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

I recently spoke with Stan, thought leader, columnist, and business leader about his new book Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success. The title of your book is Be Different! As CEO of PQ Corporation, I experienced a minor OSHA recordable accident while traveling on business. ” -Stan Silverman.

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Fashion Friends Make a Fresh Start :: Women on Business

Women on Business

We did it because we knew we that we were ‘in the right,’ so to speak—that we had the skills, the knowledge, and the passion necessary for opening up an online retail business. Luck is only a part of the equation, though, as I would like to tell others who are also interested in trying their hand at opening online retail businesses.

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Leadership Lessons from Outward Bound

Skip Prichard

Reprinted with permission from the book, Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership by Mark Brown, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. This concept of service that [Outward Bound founder] Kurt Hahn felt was so important,” said Laura Kohler, senior vice president of human resources, stewardship, and sustainability for Kohler Co.

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

Women on Business

Follow some basic ground rules to best focus the time and resources you have: Know what you need. Any professional should have antennae open for business every time you answer the phone, e-mail, or walk out the door. By investigating resources MOST open to you, momentum increases. Additionally know what you have to trade.

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Effective Handling of Employee Personal Problems is Critical to Maintaining Workforce Efficiency

Strategy Driven

As a leader and manager, it is quite likely at some point during your career that you will encounter employees with personal problems. For example, if an employee is constantly travelling, you might consider assigning them to a desk job until life stabilizes. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †.

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Coaching for Behavioral Change

Marshall Goldsmith

My clients are very open with key stakeholders about what they are going to change. It helps the stakeholders act as “fellow travelers” who are trying to improve, not “judges” who are pointing their fingers at my client. These are the people who have great careers in front of them. References. Gandossy and M. Goldsmith, eds.,

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The Commencement Speech Parents Need to Hear

Harvard Business Review

Throughout the May and June rituals of Class Day celebrations and graduation ceremonies, successful members of older generations will urge this year’s crop of Millennials to pursue their dreams and, by extension, travel the same path they did. A free and open exchange of ideas invariably leads to a better result and a more engaged workforce.