I subscribe to a great newsletter entitled Crucial Skills from the same folks who wrote Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations and Influencer (see recommended books on my Resources page). In this month’s newsletter, Kerry Patterson writes eloquently about the lessons that life experience teaches us. He reminds us that when we hit a rough patch, it [...]

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As the price of oil continues to rise, companies and individuals are starting to look for ways to cut back on business-related travel. Yet, most work cannot be accomplished without communication and collaboration between the team members and with customers and suppliers. As as result, web conferencing, wikis, and other online collaboration tools are being [...]

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The May 2008 issue of the Leading Effectively newsletter from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) deals with women in leadership. Here’s an interesting tidbit, the term ‘glass ceiling’ was coined by journalists Carol Hymowitz and Timothy Schellhardt in 1986. A lot has changed in 22 years, but women still lag far behind men in [...]

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Are you LinkedIn yet? If not, it’s time to get out there. Social networking is a great way to be visible on the Web. If you are interested in job offers, opportunities to collaborate, and attracting new clients and customers, then you need to get busy building your profile on one or more social networking [...]

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According to a recent survey conducted by careerbuilder.com, 4 out of 5 people say that they are not in their ideal job. Another study by the The Conference Board found that fewer than half of all workers are satisfied in their current jobs. Here are some other interesting factoids: 1 out of 4 workers today [...]

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