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How to succeed
Job Interview/Behavioral

Job-hopping: How It Affects Your Career Success

Is job-hopping and career success related to each other? What is the effect of one on the other? How long is too long for staying in a company? I must admit, the resumes that pass by my desk makes me conclude that job-hopping is far too common. Job hoppers do it for various reasons. More...
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Handling Questions and Answers in Your Professional Speaking Career

Handling questions in your presentation can be a scary time for professional speakers. The fear that someone will ask a question that they can’t answer makes this sections one of the most dreaded sections of the speech. This fear is so real that presenters will often cut this area short or avoid it all together...
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6 Factors Of Career Success

6 Factors Of Career Success What do employers look for in potential employees? That was the question that was posted recently on a career discussion forum online. Naturally, for each different position, the particular answers to that question would be different. However, there are some common skills that employers look for in all employees, whether...
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Leadership: is mentoring for you?

If you are considering mentoring a younger person, here are some things to think about. Make sure that mentoring is for you. Most effective mentors truly, deeply enjoy helping younger people grow and develop. Make sure you’re likely to enjoy the process before you take it on. Make sure you have the time and flexibility....
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Seven personal characteristics of a good leader

How often have you heard the comment, ‘He or she is a born leader?’ There are certain characteristics found in some people that seem to naturally put them in a position where theyíre looked up to as a leader. Whether in fact a person is born a leader or develops skills and abilities to become...
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Simple leadership basics

A great cloud of jargon, debate, and junk theory surrounds the idea of leadership, what it is, who does it, and how to do it well. But if you have just been promoted, and you’re responsible for a group for the first time, there are only a few things you really need to know about...
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Management Pitfalls

The ABC of superlative leadership

If you want to make the move from managing to leading, from being a professional to being an inspirer, from being one of the team to being a leader of the team, you need to know the ABC of Superlative Leadership. A is for Appreciative Cultures, the end result of a leaderís work, when the...
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Successful leadership strategies

Ensuring Successful Analysis, by: analysing the operating environments on a regular basis, and additionally when major changes occur; using legal and ethical means to gather information; using experienced specialists to gather and analyse the information; using an appropriate range of information gathering tools and techniques; gathering information from an appropriate range of sources; ensuring that...
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The difference between boss and leader

Every leader is a boss. But every boss is not the leader. This defines the difference between a boss and a leader. The biggest difference between a boss and a leader is one. The boss is respected and obeyed because of his/her seniority. A leader is respected and looked up to as a example not...
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Speak your mind!

For most people, the mere thought of speaking before an audience causes menís hands to go clammy and their hearts to pound like a kettledrum. Statistics show that people fear public speaking more than they do their own deaths. It shows that for the majority, people would rather die in silence than take a chance...
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