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Create Eagles – Not Ducks When it Comes to Policies

Great Leadership By Dan

Chris Edmonds : Most stupid policies don’t start out that way. In organizations, ducks are those employees who are bogged down in the stupid policies, i.e. rules that no longer serve. Ducks quack, “That’s not my job,” and “I’m sorry, that’s our policy,” and “My computer won’t let me remove that charge from your account,” etc.

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Things to Consider When Changing Career

Joseph Lalonde

For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. Nowadays, people change their careers frequently for personal and professional growth and to earn more money, but the last thing you want to do is sacrifice a good situation for more money or less flexibility. Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash.

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Protecting Yourself Against Fraudulent Recruiters & Hiring Scams

N2Growth Blog

Be cautious of firms requesting upfront payments for job applications or selling additional services such as resume writing or career coaching. While some firms offer legitimate resume and career coaching services, these could be diversion tactics aimed at less experienced or desperate candidates.

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Wellbeing at Work

Leading Blog

Interestingly, Gallup found that the most important element is career wellbeing. Career Wellbeing: You Like What You Do Every Day. “ Make wellbeing part of career development conversations. While career wellbeing is foundational to the other four elements, it is important that they are all in balance.

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Byron Wien’s 20 Lessons Learned

Michael Lee Stallard

Do the numbers crunching in the early phase of your career. Short-cuts can be construed as sloppiness, a career killer. When seeking a career as you come out of school or making a job change, always take the job that looks like it will be the most enjoyable. Try to think of your life in phases so you can avoid a burn-out.

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Starbucks’ Parental Leave Policy Doubles the Paid Leave for New Parents

HR Digest

With Netflixs parental leave policy on shaky grounds , Starbucks parental leave policy is now offering to provide industry-defining benefits to employees by doubling the leave allowance currently available to workers. Non-birth parents are also going to benefit from Starbucks expanded parental leave policy, albeit to a smaller degree.

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Authentic Leadership: 5 Big Mistakes that Can Derail Your Influence

Let's Grow Leaders

Or, commiserating with anyone who will listen about ALL THE THINGS (how they dislike a co-worker, a policy, customer, change, or process). Prematurely sharing a decision without all the details of the bigger impact. It’s not that we didn’t care, Charlie and Gus were nice enough (although Charlie didn’t last).

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