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This is How to Quit Your Job

Lead Change Blog

Mike with the Mustache offered me my first piece of professional advice. These are Mike’s words that stayed with me: “A bit of advice as you go off to college and start your career. I thanked him for the advice and handed in my apron after working another week. Ironically enough, I went on to work in Human Resources.

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Good Power: Changing a Life. Changing Work. Changing the World.

Leading Blog

The senior vice president of human resources told her, “ Ginni, if you want the opportunity to be CEO of IBM, don’t try to run for office. She says, “I translated his sage advice to mean put your focus on followership, not politics.” One of the best chapters for me was Knowing What Must Change, What Must Endure.

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Talking to Your Boss about Work-Life Imbalance

Lead Change Blog

In today’s competitive market where employees are expected to do more with less, the pressure of managing both your career and family is rising. Ask for Advice. If you don’t know how to solve a certain situation, you should ask your boss for advice.

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. Usually sponsors have more senior positions than mentors, and it is their responsibility to advocate for an individual and pull them up the ranks to a top level position in the company.

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Why HR and the CEO should be joined at the Hip | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • September 6, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. The advice proved excellent, and for the rest of my days in the corner office I was joined at the hip with an outstanding finance executive who is now the CFO of Lindt & Sprüngli , the world’s leading chocolatier. Marketing is important.

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8 Principles for Building a High-Performance Culture

Leading Blog

Powerful is a book of advice gained from her experience at Netflix. When McCord began her career in Human Resources at Netflix, she began working with Reed Hastings to identify the behaviors that they wanted to see become consistent practices and worked to instill the discipline of actually doing them.

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Is Social Media an Excuse for Brand Positioning Laziness? | In the.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • September 19, 2011 • Branding , Marketing , Strategy • 2 Comments. I retired from the CEO’s office in 1994 and from strategy and marketing consulting in 2008. Any marketer can play the social media game and do it well with the right concept – you don’t have to have the bank account of P&G or Kraft.

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