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Unplug from Technology!

Career Advancement

Technology is a good servant but a bad master.”. If, like Vincent, you’re staying too connected, consider these tips for unplugging from technology after work or even during the workday. Try taking mini breaks from technology during work. Gretchen Rubin~. Incoming communications were dominating his focus.

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6 Ways to Build Trust During Organizational Change

Lead Change Blog

The exponential growth of technology has enabled new products, services, and businesses to rise to prominence in short order, and has caused others to become obsolete just as quickly. Leaders can easily over-promise the benefits of the proposed change effort, and when those benefits aren’t achieved, trust is broken.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The new CxO will be tasked to define and craft strategy, make investment proposals, and defend them, so they have depth in the related sector and a brain the size of an elephant. The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Facebook proficiency does not qualify.

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How to Be Less Negative – and Still Be Yourself

Let's Grow Leaders

See if this sounds familiar: During a leadership meeting, your boss proposes an idea that has a shiny, attractive quality. First, let’s ensure the contractor has experience in this technology. They may propose follow-up solutions. Why They Think You’re Negative. Presenting your analysis as “ways to make this work” is magical.

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15 Nuggets of Wisdom From 15 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

“Be sure to look at ideas from the other (customer) side” – Ken Barker , CEO of Crailar Technologies , who is developing (get this) the first natural fiber alternative to cotton that the clothing industry has ever had.

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The Pivot Point of Organizational Change

Leading Blog

If this is the case, then the challenge is to identify those attachments and the impact the proposed change will have on them, and design a solution around them—introducing changes will maintaining healthy attachments. They also present other methodologies to prevent or modify symptoms before or as they are developing.

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Is Robotic Technology Designed For Everyone?

The Horizons Tracker

Robotic technology hasn’t swept all before it, as perhaps some of the more breathless predictions of a few years ago suggested it might, but it is nonetheless slowly become more widely adopted. That includes adapting health technology that can contribute to a better life for the user to be more widely accessible.”