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How to Gain an Executive's Attention The one thing executives are predictably short of is time. Because of this, the challenge for executives is to cut through all the other information that they are being bombarded with. Naomi Karten explains how you can gain the attention of executives despite their busy schedules. |
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Are You Ready to Change Jobs? Are you unhappy in your current job? Or, are you ready to move on to new adventures and bigger challenges? If you’re fortunate enough to have a job, it’s tempting to wonder what opportunities might exist elsewhere. But before you accept a new position, it’s a good idea to look at your motives. |
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Eight Things Successful Managers Do Well Naomi Karten describes eight things that successful managers do well. From building relationships and being straight with employees, to coaching the right people and giving credit when it's due, a good manager can inspire team members to work harder and happier. |
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The Importance of Laughter For a long time, many organizations dismissed laughter at work as a distraction from getting the job done. Fortunately, this view is gradually changing as people come around to realizing that laughter is an important component of wellness. |
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How to "Manage" Your Former Peers and Friends If you’ve just become a manager or executive, and you’re now going to be managing people who used to be your colleagues and pals, your relationships with your former peers will change. You may prefer that the relationships don’t change, but they can, they will, and if you are to succeed, they must. |
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Using Security to Combat Bad Outsourcing It's been reported that a man named Bob outsourced his development role to a firm in China for close to one-fifth of his wage. The good news from all of this is that the company's monitoring system caught Bob, which highlights the importance of security—and the monitoring of it. |
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What to Do When You Have Too Much to Do It’s very likely that you’re busy. Possibly even too busy, and not just with work, but also with other obligations and commitments. For some people this busyness is self-imposed. But what if you’re expected to do more with less? Naomi Karten explains what to do when you have too much to do. |