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There Is No Time To Hurry Up And Wait

N2Growth Blog

It’s time for you to learn the preemptive principles of dealing with crises both in your life and your professional career. Communications Crisis Management Leadership Public Relations Rants Strategy avoid crisis Crisis Leadership ferguson learning risk Risk' Follow me on Twitter @SkippersBiz.

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Foxes And Hedgehogs: Which One Are You?

Lead Change Blog

With a background in public relations, marketing, and internal communications, HR had become an accidental specialty – I was a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. In 2001, I accepted my first official leadership position as a human resources director with one audacious goal – to be and do all the things to serve all the people.

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How Safe Is Your Career Today?

Rich Gee Group

Today, work is weird, complex, and ever-changing — but you have the talent and tools to take advantage of this situation and grow your career. Past and present contacts, colleagues and friends are the lifeblood of any career (“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”). re-VISION your career. . Let’s get right to it: 1.

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How Personal Challenges Motivate Success: A Guest Post from Sara Parrish

Let's Grow Leaders

She holds a BA in Communications and Public Relations and an MBA in Global Management. This is a guest post from Sara Parrish. Sara has been working in Telecom for the last 15 years. She is extremely active in her community volunteering for HIV/AIDS, Hospice, American Lung Association, and Domestic Violence. She is a [.]

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Are You A Super-Connector?

Rich Gee Group

Restauranteurs, headhunters, lobbyists, fundraisers, public relations people, politicians, and journalists are the best super-connectors because it’s their job to know EVERYONE.&# Regards – Rich I’ve probably used this template thousands of times in my corporate and coaching career. Have a great day!

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Howard Schultz’s Broken Heart

Michael Lee Stallard

He didn’t immediately call Starbucks’ public relations people or lawyers. He became a Starbucks employee for the rest of his career, in no small part because his boss, Howard Schultz, had a heart. Behar immediately called Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ CEO, who was in New York City at the time. and “what do you enjoy in life?”

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Avoid Endless Interning and Get Paid to Write

Women on Business

Aside from toiling away in obscurity for the next twenty years writing the next great American novel while apologizing to your parents for throwing their money down the toilet on your education, communications graduates typically work in fields such as journalism, public relations, and advertising. Public Relations.