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15 Timeless Work Habits for Career Success

Great Leadership By Dan

I’ve learned these lessons through over 30 years of hard knocks, and have made a career out of helping others be successful. Don’t be one of those people, and you’ll have a long and satisfying career. Be a proposer, not an order-taker. They ask you for your best advice on how to get ahead. You’ve only got 30 minutes.

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Never Say Never: The Importance of Word Choice in Leadership Communication

Leading Blog

For example, “Pat is just our assistant,” “You need to just figure it out,” or “Just wondering if you’ve looked at the proposal.” Ethic, cultural, racial, or religious idioms that were accepted and used in the past may no longer be appropriate today. This word becomes problematic when we use it in the context of people.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

This is my favorite because it addresses fear, a huge negative (and silent) driver that keeps leaders from speaking up against injustice, lack of ethics, morality issues and other things that damage individuals and people in our organizations. Mark Stelzner , from inflexionadvisors , picked 5 Career Lessons From The Road. "I

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How To Find “Hidden” Federal Contracts: Network :: Women on Business

Women on Business

In addition, when your bid is the first time a government agency learns of your company, you can be sure your proposal is heading for the bottom of the pile. Government agencies and their purchasing/contracting officers often rely on pre-existing relationships and preferred vendor lists for all of these less lofty contract awards.

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How Good Are You in Managing Office Politics?

Coaching Tip

Chapter 25 of " When Doing It All Won''t Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women " agrees that tales of political sabotage, power plays and turf wars are part of every organization’s history. Whether we want to admit it or not, office politics can make or break a woman executive’s career advancement. Myth of Helplessness.

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The price of leadership

Lead on Purpose

The authors propose three questions you should ask to assess your own leadership potential: How far do you want to go? Regardless of the cost, the investment in building relationships is critical to succeeding in your current role and building the foundation on which to grow your career.

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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

Send the email you’re using now (this is your control, or “A”)) to 500 names, and send your proposed new email (“B”) to the other 500. For example, if you have an email list of 100,000 prospects, select every 100th prospect to create a test list of 1,000.

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