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How to Be an Effective Team Player at Work If you really want to be an effective team player, you have to be willing to consider ideas from others without debating, arguing, or nitpicking every point. This means you need the discipline to listen first and speak second. Read on for more useful ideas on how to contribute to your team at work. |
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What Does "Real" Passion Look Like in Software Development? Passion is one of the most widely claimed and required traits for testers and developers alike—but what does "real" passion look like? What are those who are truly passionate doing with their dedication to their trade? Some keep it to themselves, while others use it to the benefit of all. |
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How to Hire (and Retain) Talent for the Long Term It can be difficult to find and then hire the top talent, but it can be even harder to keep that talent from growing dissatisfied and looking for employment somewhere else down the road. Anurag Sharma looks at Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and applies it to the workplace to solve this problem. |
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How to Exit a Business Conversation and Leave a Good Impression Some people worry about how they’re going to keep a conversation going, but the flip side—ending a conversation that threatens to last forever—also can pose a problem. Naomi Karten gives you some useful exit strategies that will help you end a business conversation without being thought of as rude. |
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Performance Appraisal Systems Are Perceived as Unfair One of the most common complaints employees have regarding performance appraisal systems is the perception of fairness. Anuj Magazine looks at how that perception can influence one of the basic human needs for employees—getting acknowledged for effort from other human beings. |
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Google’s Recruitment Process Will Make You Change the Way You Hire Google, which Fortune magazine ranked number one on its 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 2012, attracts some of the best people in the tech field. And to be sure the people they're hiring will be a good fit, the data giant is ignoring the data and going with some unorthodox methods. |
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Managing the Stream of Features in an Agile Program If you keep a stream of features moving in a program—even with many feature teams—you are OK as long as the project teams keep talking to one another. You are not OK, however, if someone decides, “I own this code and no one else can touch it.” Johanna Rothman says how agile programs should operate. |
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Things to Do Every Day at Work Not that you don’t already have plenty to do every day, but adding a few extra things to your to-do list at work might actually make your day go more smoothly, feel more enjoyable, or be more productive. Here are some actions, practices, and habits that are worth adding to your workday. |