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Leadership and career
August 15, 2016

Tips for Building (or Severing) a Mentoring Relationship

Q:  I’ve been a mentee for about three months. Both my mentor and I were excited about our new roles and ready to roll when we began. Now I’m not sure it’s going to work out. It took a long time and lots of work for me to find my…
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Leadership and career
August 12, 2016

25 Quick Tips to Make You a Better Boss Faster

Can you become a great leader overnight? No way. Remarkable leaders achieve their skills through years of hard work. But if you’re hankering for a quick list of snappy tips that will inspire you and fuel your desire to do better and be better – then this post is for…
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Leadership and career
August 8, 2016

Building Rapport in a New Job

Q: I have recently been recruited for a mid-managerial position with a large property management firm in the Southwest. Given that I'm an outsider, I'm concerned about how to build good rapport with the supervisors reporting to me, some of whom undoubtedly think they should have been offered my job.…
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Leadership and career
August 1, 2016

From Professor to Consultant

Q: I hope to combine 10 years of college teaching experience in the areas of interpersonal skills and communications with my interest in training to move into the field of image consulting.  I am comfortable with my credentials and previous experience but lack direction and information on the best way…
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Leadership and career
July 29, 2016

Business Leaders Must Be Ready to Act When Moral Heroism is Needed

David Myers was a successful and honorable business professional. A graduate of the University of Mississippi with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and business administration/marketing, he worked hard and had a very successful career. He was a Senior Audit Manager with Ernst & Young and later served as Chief Financial Officer…
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Maurice Gilbert 0
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Leadership and career
July 27, 2016

The Impact of Big Data on Efficiency

Data comes from a wide variety of sources, and there’s little question that the right data is the absolute lifeline of business in today’s competitive markets. Because this is true across so many different fields, any company that can provide customer data is going to have plenty of different clients…
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Leadership and career
July 25, 2016

Your Personal Think Tank

Membership in a “mastermind” group will help you make better career and small business decisions Making major decisions can be a lonely, solitary task. Perhaps that's why presidents have cabinets, coaches have assistants and CEOs have executive committees.  A sounding board of trusted, intelligent associates can help ease the decision-making…
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Maurice Gilbert 0
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Leadership and career
July 22, 2016

3 Tips for Dealing with Difficult People

You have a difficult person in your life. We all do. You’re thinking about him or her right now. And your blood pressure just went up a few points.  And your face is a little red. With any luck, you’re thinking about a rarely-glimpsed neighbor or a far-flung relative. But…
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Leadership and career
July 20, 2016

6 Surprising Findings About Employees’ Feelings Toward Performance Reviews

You often hear people say that the annual performance review process is one of the most awful, detestable parts of work. Two common complaints are that reviews are a waste of time and that they are too stressful. Managers hate spending all the time compiling the reviews. For example, last…
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Leadership and career
July 18, 2016

Responding to Ads

Q: I understand that the self-initiated job search is the most effective means of finding employment. However, how much time and effort should be devoted to responding to job ads? What's the best way to respond to ads? Is it better to omit a resume even though it's requested? What's the…
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