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It’s At The Top Of Your List For a Reason: Don’t Put Off The Hard Stuff

Terry Starbucker

I used to have them with me constantly, before modern technology banished them to the desk drawer in favor of laptops, iPads and smartphones ( And yes, that officially qualifies me as a dinosaur). Remember yellow legal note pads? Every morning before I started my day, I’d make a “to do” list on those pads.

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Investors Can Influence Firms Via Dear CEO Letters

The Horizons Tracker

Such is the popularity of CEO letters, famed biographer Walter Isaacson wrote his latest book largely around the letters to stakeholders from former Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. Research from the University of Georgia explores how influential these letters are both inside and outside the business. ” Influencing others. .

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Digital Media and the Future of Your Leadership – Video

Modern Servant Leader

The closest thing he had, was writing letters. So he used what he had available – he wrote letters. And, thank God he did – lots and lots of letters. She works with some of the most advanced technology for amputees, upper-limb amputees. There was no way to get communication back, from the community.

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How We Overlook Hidden Talent

Lead Change Blog

While technology greatly aids in our quest to process volumes of cover letters and resumes, it fails in identifying those values or intangible qualities that are needed. People, and not technology, are truly the best measure for people. A resume scanner can never qualify heart, values, or raw talent.

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Letter of Recommendation Sample Templates for Mentors & Employers

HR Digest

A Letter of Recommendation is an attempt to praise the merit of a particular person so that his/her efficiencies, skills and past accomplishments can be highlighted. Therefore the letter of recommendation needs to be written professionally so that the concerned person can be conveyed the message in the most righteous and relevant.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2020

Leading Blog

And what about the stories we've all heard over the years about sick patients—whether infected with Ebola or COVID-19—who were sent home or allowed to travel because busy staff people were following a protocol to the letter rather than using common sense? Why and how do these kinds of things happen?

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5 Tips for Practical and Helpful Passwords

Modern Servant Leader

Substitute Numbers for Letters. To avoid hacking tools “guessing” your password, be sure to substitute numbers for letters. For example, put a number “4″ in the pl4ce of the letter “A” a 3 for “E”, 1 for “I’s” and so on. Just don’t do all of them.

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