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Managing a Successful Career

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Professor Wayne Baker in his book, "Achieving Success through Social Capital: Tapping Hidden Resources in Your Personal and Business Networks" says, "There is deeply rooted myth in North American culture that shapes our behavior. The myth: Success is an individual effort. That's the secret. Source: Wayne E. Related articles.

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Do you hate networking?

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Increasing one's social capital is all knowing how to share knowledge so it not only adds value to the organization but also to your recognized worth within it. or.get free leadership coaching tips by subscription at: [link]. Receive our Podcast : [link] .or.get Can't Get Enough Leadership.

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Real Dysfunction Today, Hidden in Plain Sight

Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Real Dysfunction Today, Hidden in Plain Sight Published by Michael Lee Stallard on August 25, 2010 04:42 pm under Uncategorized Many individuals and organizations today are in a funk. The problem today is hidden in plain sight.

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Is there a code to attraction?

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This 'law of love' is identified in many different ways--for example, in Wayne Baker's bestseller, " Achieving Success Through Social Capital " (Jossey-Bass), this law of love in the workplace is described as the "law of reciprocity.". The law of reciprocity is not what can best be described as "transactional reciprocity."

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How to Build and Repair Your Reputation

Skip Prichard

If you consider that how somebody feels about you directly drives their desire to want to endorse you, refer you, and offer you opportunities, then managing that reputation and perception is critical. And those around them find that it is natural and easy to refer them and endorse them. Lida Citroen. Reputation is how you’re known.

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Building Relationships Across Cultures In Today’s World

Tanveer Naseer

In many parts of China –– the art of networking in business revolves around a system of building social capital known as guanxi (gwan-shee). In many parts of the Arab World, for example, there is the concept of Wasta ; a term which refers to the ability to use one’s connections and/or influence to get things done.

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Why Innovation is not "Invented Here"

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The leapfrogging life cycle traces the path to breakthroughs by describing the leadership and organizational dynamics involved at various phases over time. John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership. Baker: Achieving Success Through Social Capital: Tapping Hidden Resources in Your Personal and Business Networks.