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The secrets to greatness for female leaders
Female leaders can take charge of their own advancement by capitalizing on their knowledge and skill.
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How mentoring an experienced employee works
Mentoring an experienced employee requires a different mindset. Alaina Love shares four key areas to focus on.
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How anyone can be a mentor
Mentoring needn't be the traditional older-young worker pairing. Several styles of mentorship can be equally, if not more, successful.
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Improving the college-to-career pathway for CPAs
A professor shares her thoughts on preparing for the CPA Evolution and the changes it will bring to the classroom and the workplace.
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What’s the surprising secret to retaining great employees?
Retaining great employees requires employers to help them set goals that align with their values. Learn why that's so important.
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In defense of office politics
Office politics is really about workplace relationships. And nurturing those relationships can go a long way toward advancing your career goals.
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Your LinkedIn network’s huge! Here’s why that’s a red flag
Your LinkedIn network should be about curating your contacts and adding value, not collecting as many connections as possible.
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Why owning your value is essential for career and life
Burnout and misaligned values can affect even rock star executives. Learn more from former executives about owning your value.
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Why don’t women brag at work? How to practice self-promotion
Women face many barriers to upward mobility in the workplace, but practicing self-promotion doesn't have to be among them. Here are 4 tips.
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Take a regular day of rest
Making room in life for a sabbath is a good practice for anyone, even if you're not religious. Learn more in this video and transcript.
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Reclaim your authentic self by learning how to keep it real
Looking to reclaim your authentic self? Learn about this 4-step framework from an executive adviser and mental health professional.
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Success statements show employers how you’ve added value at work
Learning to craft success statements and communicate them to executives will be key to your next project or promotion. Learn more.
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Healing the long-term effects of COVID-19 on careers
COVID-19 has changed how people think about work and their careers. How can leaders respond to this new normal?
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What quitting your job won’t fix
How is your "inner defeatist" hurting your career? Learn more about better conversations with your boss and better managing up.
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Career planning in the age of uncertainty
Traditional career ladders are harder to find, but that just means new opportunities to create your own leadership path and success story.
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Learn to write accomplishment statements as success stories
Self-conscious about documenting your achievements? You needn't be, especially when you show objective data about the business and finnacial impact.
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Here are 5 ridiculous reasons you feel like an imposter at work
Most people will experience imposter syndrome at some point. Here are some archtypes of imposter syndrome and what you can do about it.
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“Gray zone” leadership: A path to personal and organizational success
Gray zones are difficult to navigate but offer prime opportunities for career growth, leadership development and organizational success.
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Tracking your accomplishments: Why to do it, what to document and how to follow through
Tracking your accomplishments isn't bragging; it's making sure you know the good work you've done, leadership knows and -- just maybe -- your next employer does, too.
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Rethinking career paths, promotions and landmarks
Employees want growth, opportunity and development, and even if you can't give promotions, you need to meet their needs. Start by rethinking the importance of landmarks in careers.
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In praise of doing something completely different with your career
Burnout is rampant, and some people will need a new career path, while others need a full pause. It's time to discover what career shift you need.
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Getting unstuck in a time of flux
Feeling stuck or restless in your career? Now's a good time to explore new horizons, but make sure you know your options for career change.
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How well-being can help people get through hard times
We all know positive well-being can help us at work and in life. But how does well-being manifest, and how exactly does it help us through difficult times.
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How to safeguard your career against proximity bias in remote and hybrid work
Remote and hybrid employees have some control over how they interact, manage up and build their careers. Here's some advice for overcoming the "proximity bias" many leaders and organizations have.
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5 authentic actions to guide the significance of your life and career
Where and when people work is part of their journey to "success, happiness and authenticity." Read more from Mike Horne on the five career traits you want to possess.
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Understanding how to fix things when they go wrong
Things will go wrong. What you can control as a leader is how you react, respond and internalize setbacks.
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What to do when a too-heavy workload is stressing you out
Feeling overworked? Ideally, you can simply take things off your plate. But there are other ways, including figuring out what NOT to do and how technology can help you be more productive.
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Just because you’re stuck doesn’t mean you’re staying
Feeling stuck in your career? Here are some practical ways to start moving forward in your leadership journey.
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Effective and easy ways to relieve stress at work
Stress is part of life, and many so-called solutions are too basic or confuse stress for anxiety. Read on for four practices that will really help you handle stress.
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3 career development questions to stop asking employees
We need better questions about employees' career development if we want to help them grow in this modern work environment. Here are 3 questions for leaders to change.
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The most common well-being advice that doesn’t work
So much self-help advice is not what it seems. Learn why.
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Joann Lublin: How executive mothers navigate work and life
WSJ veteran and author Joann Lublin writes about 5 decades in the workforce, what's changed for women and what challenges remain, especially for mothers.
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How to gain control over burnout, the new American epidemic
As we emerge from the pandemic, burnout and stress remain with us.
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Beyond “career fear” for women leaders
Imposter syndrome and the pandemic are a dual challenge for many women leaders looking to advance, but the fear many feel doesn't have to be limiting.
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Is executive presence something you are born with?
Some people are born with executive presence, but everyone can develop it. Learn how from an executive and career coach.
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How to balance workplace friendship with professionalism
Work friendship isn't simple, especially when you're the boss. But the answer isn't to disconnect. Here are 3 steps for building better relationships with your team.
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How to have hope in a bleak world
Hope is always accessible to us, even in the darkest of times. And science tells us that we need to tap into that hope for our careers and our well-being.
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Overcoming bias requires recognizing our blind spots
Bias and discrimination require conscious effort to monitor, recognize and overcome. Learn more about why you benefit from this exercise, not just others.
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Navigating careers in the never normal
Career development must change with the times, and these times are changing rapidly and permanently. Here's what leaders need to know.
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Manage and prioritize your to-do list
To-do lists won't help your productivity if you don't execute them well. Leaders can further their careers and get more done with a better approach.
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4 practical ways to grow and learn from hard times
What if hope and despair are paths to the same destination? Read on to see how you can learn from your suffering and build a path forward.
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How to disaster-proof your business and your life, part 2
Disasters don't have to take your career down. Here's how to be prepare, from the advice of four experts.