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Leadership and career
April 1, 2016

The 7 Things You Must Do to Keep Your Best People From Quitting

If you’ve watched one of your top-performing employees walk out the door, then you know the “sting” of rejection. It doesn’t matter why they quit. They up and left, didn’t they? They picked another opportunity – and another employer – over you. “Was it something I said? Where did we…
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Clark Conine 0
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Leadership and career
March 28, 2016

Moving From a Big Company to an Entrepreneurial One

Q: I'm a graphic designer in the communications department of a large corporation. I would like to move to an entrepreneurial Internet company and work on its website. How do I do this? A: The entrepreneurial wave is rolling across the country. It's no surprise you would like to give it…
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Leadership and career
March 23, 2016

Working Remotely Isn’t Right for Everyone

In recent years, working remotely has become more common in workplaces across the country. Technological advancements, such as web conferencing, softphone technology and cloud computing have made working from home — or the local coffee shop – that much easier. Research from the American Community Survey has shown that the…
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Leadership and career
March 21, 2016

Are You Suffering From Comfortable Misery?

Q: I am a highly paid executive who is good at my position, but I hate it. Every Sunday my stomach is in knots, and I dread the thought of going to work in the morning. If my compensation package and the prestige of my job weren’t so high, I…
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Leadership and career
March 14, 2016

Why Taking a Lesser Job Can Harm Your Career

Working in a position you're completely overqualified for can erode your self-esteem and complicate your job search Question: The management and international trade consulting business I started is on the verge of bankruptcy following the loss of my major account and the theft of all my operating and personal funds.…
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Clark Conine 0
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Leadership and career
March 7, 2016

How to Respond to “Tell Me About Yourself”

Q: I have an important interview next week. So I won't be caught unprepared, I've been thinking about the questions my potential manager might ask me. One that has caused me great anxiety in the past is, "Tell me about yourself." I never know how to respond to this. It's…
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Clark Conine 0
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Leadership and career
March 2, 2016

Think Holistically When Managing Risk

We often hear references to a holistic view of risk. “Holistic” is a term used in risk management to emphasize the importance of understanding the interrelationships among individual risks (or groups of related risks) and the coordinated approach that an organization’s operating units and functions undertake to manage risk. A…
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Clark Conine 0
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Leadership and career
February 29, 2016

Cover Letters: True/False

Q: Ask 10 different experts about cover letters and they will give you 10 different answers. I’m so confused I have no idea what works and what doesn’t.  Here are four statements that produce a variety of opinions: 1. Every cover letter should have three main thoughts. 2. One good cover…
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Maurice Gilbert 0
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Leadership and career
February 26, 2016

5 Tips for Better Team Building

Team building is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. You have a box of bits and pieces that are totally different from one another, but with patience and careful observation you can make everything fit. Team building requires a special understanding of people. It’s both art and science – and…
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Clark Conine 0
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Leadership and career
February 24, 2016

5 Ways to Motivate Millennials and Gen Xers

We’re inundated with data on millennials — how they behave, what motivates them and what they like. Employers are eager to learn about every aspect of their personalities. And rightfully so. Generation Y (also known as Millennials) is now the largest demographic in the workforce, so of course this is…
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