The Office Blend Blog

JUNE 8, 2020

Early in my career, I was caught in an elevator with the most senior level employee in my department. I realized years on, that work affects us broadly — because of its central importance in the operation of our everyday lives. Moreover, when an organization ignores this fact, undo pressure and stress often develop.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Being a successful entrepreneur does not come easily because learning to operate a successful company takes long. The people you engage with daily influence how you think and behave. For instance, during his career, Bill Gates read a book every week. It is essential to value other people’s skills and talents. The Takeaway.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 26, 2013

For example, a typical Mars plant manager influences associates by his or her ability to pace development of operational systems and innovative approaches. These operational managers' value to Mars is they initiate or design positive changes. John Agno: When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women. ?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

Their astute observations on the dynamics between employers and employees, influenced by demographic shifts and economic fluctuations, resonate in the turbulent aftermath of the COVID-19 era. (L-R): Imagine practicing complex procedures in a simulated operating room or mastering new sales techniques in a virtual customer interaction.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 26, 2022

You never know when you might meet someone who influences certain aspects of your life. Today, however, most companies find themselves operating under the philosophy that corporate dress codes should be relaxed. However, if you want to get ahead in your career, it’s best to follow the trends and stick to the basics. Final words.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2020

With the increased sense of stress and tension due to the work life, taking breaks have become mandatory in one’s life in order to unplug, recharge and rejuvenate. Online Food Delivery and Grocery Store: In this highly competitive world everyone is concentrating on their careers and hence find no time to cook a healthy meal.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2017

Doctors operated and told me to hope for the best. Derek became my mentor, and over the past 10 years we have trained thousands of leaders to overcome their stress. The process starts with understanding that stress is caused not by other people or external events, but by your reactions to them. Turning Stress into an Asset.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

I was casually reading the results of a survey on the topic of hiring methodologies last weekend when one particular survey question really caught my attention: “When considering a new hire, what is the one characteristic or attribute of the candidate that would most influence your hiring decision?&# Thanks for sharing this information.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. Dana Ardi, Ph.D.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Leadership is about care and compassion.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

In her book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. Dana Ardi, Ph.D.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Ideas Plus Influence by Starbucker on December 2, 2010 (This is Part 1 in a two-part blog series which I’ve worked on with a colleague, Denise Lee Yohn.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. As you'll note in the post above I stressed that the best leaders proactively seek out game changers with speaks to persistence. I visited his church on numerous occasions. Thanks for sharing Wally.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

In her new book, The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead , she shows why the Beta model is the key to both business and career success. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. Fluid communication is facilitated and encouraged. Dana Ardi, Ph.D.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

A solution that is situationally appropriate and highly adaptable to unanticipated stresses is, in a way, “best&# , but rarely shows up in the “solutions&# literature. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. As an example, Look at Apple! But manufacturing?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

Given the fact that traditional career paths are extinct in most industries, managers have few guideposts for advancing to the executive level. Only a distinct minority of companies are truly adept at succession planning and career development — and even these firms tend to focus on only a few senior-level people.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2018

Some evidence suggests that entrepreneurs are more at risk of burnout because they tend to be extremely passionate about work and more socially isolated, have limited safety nets, and operate in high uncertainty. These factors have been shown to affect important outcomes such as entrepreneurial stress and venture performance.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Others might find that the successful resolution of these conflicts opens them up to new ways of relating to their families and careers. Is your spouse willing to make significant career or personal sacrifices that might be required to support you and the business? Family Questions. More on the PBOD in the book.).

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

You’ll grow personally and professionally, and through that growth, get better at influencing others. Which is another thing that I’m surprised I haven’t lost it yet because going to the gym is a huge stress reliever for me. There is a lot of stress out there. Jennifer V. Yes, we need to be mindful at all times about this.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

That could be true, but don’t operate with that assumption or it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Above that, write down the milestone events of your career, good and not so good, and then connect those dots with a line. Inventory your work/job/career. Remember how you got there. If not, how can I bring them back to life?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Do employees feel that their boss honors their career aspirations, building needed skills that serve their organization now and in the future? Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog , says “ Improve Your Perception: A reputation that took decades to build can be threatened by a single event. Tacy Byham, Ph.D.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

“The fifties was the most exciting career decade of my life so far,” says Babette Pettersen, “and it looks like my options are only getting better as I turn 60.” Pettersen spent her mid-career years with Dow Corning. “Managing career cycles with flexibility and non-linear trajectories is important for us.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

By overlaying a water stress map with Coca-Cola's operational plants, Seabright found that almost half of their global volume was in high stress and high growth areas. A set of relationships across sectors to draw on when advancing their careers, building top teams, or convening decision-makers on a particular issue.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. 3) Mental – My role as host of The Ziglar Show requires me to study the messages of today’s top world influencers, and it’s a dramatic gift. Burnout is real, and it impacts more than yourself. Just the two of us.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Vergauwe: Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes — who first described the IP — initially emphasized environmental influences in the development and sustaining of impostor tendencies, such as early family dynamics. Moreover, it’s important to note that impostor tendencies do not operate in an environmental vacuum.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

One consultant stressed the ability to “set the strategic direction” for the organization; another equated strategic thinking with “integrative leadership.” Many respondents stressed technology skills and technical literacy. “A Others stressed financial acumen and “industry-specific content knowledge.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful. The best PMs know how to push hard on the right priorities, with urgency, but without conveying a sense of panic or stress. They also have more influence and authority over company resources. These PMs also know when to take a breath and step away if needed, to regroup.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2015

Twenty five years after the term “emotional intelligence” was first introduced by academics , thousands of independent scientific studies have highlighted the importance of managing your own and others’ emotions in relation to career success , job performance , entrepreneurship , and leadership. Do not get offended.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A mentor told me early in my career that only 20% of healing involves the high-tech stuff. They also enable them to make changes as-needed before fatigue and frustration are imbedded within a system’s operations and culture. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic. Yet, we are all human.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In other cases, they never learned these fundamentals or mastered them earlier in their career.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2015

Career websites like Glassdoor have “taken the mystique and mystery” out of interviews, says John Sullivan, an HR expert, professor of management at San Francisco State University, and author of 1000 Ways to Recruit Top Talent. Reduce stress. Candidates find job interviews stressful because of the many unknowns.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Overworked, stressed-out, fearful employees will not be a good source of creative ideas. If you’re a leader in your organization, your actions influence the culture. You don’t need to be a leader in your organization to have influence over your downtime. What Leaders Can Do.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. But are Bunge and other like-minded fitness executives really correct to assume that office work is comparable to sports, or that they can positively influence one another?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

At some point, we all confront a stressful life event or personal crisis that threatens to distract us from work. Research by Wayne Baker, a professor at the Ross School of Business, shows that how you frame your appeal strongly influences whether someone will agree to it. Issara Willenskomer/Unsplash. Principles to Remember.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. After a further two years, during which I was looking for a new career start, I finally decided to work from home and be closer to my wife and beautiful eight year old daughter whom I had neglected a lot while running these businesses in the first place. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

“You feel challenged by your work; you’re engaged by it; you’re learning new things; and you have the opportunity to shape other people’s careers. “As you’re trying to establish meaningful connections and advance your career, attention is your most precious asset.” Practice mindfulness.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. In so doing, strategic leaders create a lower-stress environment, because no one is pretending to be someone else; people take responsibility for who they truly are.

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