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A best-selling author and renowned speaker, Alexandra Levit has written several books, including the popular business world survival guide “They Don’t Teach Corporate in...
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A best-selling author and renowned speaker, Alexandra Levit has written several books, including the popular business world survival guide “They Don’t Teach Corporate in...
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question...
Today’s post is by Susan Bagyura, a leadership coach and author of “The Visionary Leader.” She works with small-business owners, executives and entrepreneurs, showing...
Mark Moore is the president of staffing firm Kavaliro. SmartBrief asked Moore about the methods Kavaliro uses to screen candidates’ online profiles and about...
The U.S. has a love affair with entrepreneurship, and it’s no big surprise. Our founding mythology is built on the stories of loners, tribes...
Here are six tips for creating stellar holiday experiences everywhere you go.
The value of an MBA is a hotly debated topic, but there are other avenues of business education, particularly for people who are further...
If you’re in a senior leadership role in a large organization, there’s a good chance there is a succession plan for your position in...
“Cheryl, you know more about these work processes than most of the folks up there. Did you apply to be a speaker?” I asked,...
This post is an excerpt from “Unlimited Sales Success: 12 Simple Steps for Selling More Than You Ever Thought Possible,” by Brian Tracy and...
Job-seekers and hiring-decision makers agree that job hunting and recruiting are disagreeable, inefficient, stressful, frustrating and time-consuming but necessary for both parties. Most candidates...
I presented a webinar recently about making your relationship with your boss work for you, and I received a really good question: How do...
According to Bersin by Deloitte, U.S.-based companies invested more the $15 billion in 2013 to develop their leaders. The dollars were spent on a...
Today’s guest post is from Jeff Thomson, president of the Institute of Management Accountants. Looking for not just a job, but a career? Tired...
With the wedding over, and Jim and Pam off honeymooning in Puerto Rico, the action on “The Office” has returned. Although they are only...
Jill Geisler kicked off 2010 by blogging “What Great Bosses Know about 5 Resolutions Worth Keeping,” and now she’s fleshing out the details on...
Last night on “The Office,” Gabe, Sabre’s corporate voice in Scranton, learned a valuable management lesson the hard way — if you try to...
This guest post is by Pierre Khawand, founder and CEO of People-OnTheGo, a company that helps business professionals manage their digital communications. In the...
Alex Churchill is the CEO and founder of VonChurch, a recruiting firm that specializes in the digital-entertainment industry, including social, gaming, mobile and interactive...
Do you have an advocate at work who is championing your cause? An advocate relationship is like a mentorship on steroids. Instead of remaining...
I am a reluctant leader. I realize that others sometimes look at me and label me as a leader, but I prefer to deny...
The higher you go in any organization, the more the leadership culture tends to solidify around you. This increases — or decreases — the...
You might be first-line supervision or midlevel in your organization, and you might also be a high-potential or high-performing leader. You are an accomplished...
Dan Schawbel is an optimist, and this is a good thing for readers of his new book, “Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career...
Leaders need to constantly develop themselves as human beings. There is so much external change for them to adapt to that the need to...
Early in my career, I embarked on a soul-searching exercise to help me define who I wanted to be, what I was willing to...
Your company has a shadow organization, whether you realize it or not. That doesn’t mean that your company is running a spy collective worthy...
Today’s guest post is by Charles Garcia, a former White House Fellow and author of “Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows: Learn How...
Q: What’s scarier than a haunted house? A: A haunted warehouse that ends with Michael Scott pretending to hang himself, and then delivering an...
In a blog post last week, executive coach Mary Jo Asmus made an assertion that may shock some out there — bosses are people...
Maybe I’m losing my mind, but I could have sworn “The Office” was supposed to be a comedy. Yet, week after week, I find...
This post is by SmartBrief editor Rebecca Pollack, who recently attended the American Veterinary Medical Association‘s annual convention in Atlanta. I’m surrounded by women,...
Moving from managing to leading is a challenge because the skills that make you a good manager aren’t enough to help you excel in...
Being friends with us writer types can be amusing most times. We almost always have at least one story to tell that’s worth a...
Jan. 1 is coming fast! If you’re like most of us, you’re knee-deep in year-end closing reports, next year budgets, family holiday planning —...
You’ve been promoted! It’s a day you’ve looked forward to for a long time and you expected satisfaction and confidence. But now the joy...
There seems to be an innate drive to success that burns within us. If not, there are hundreds of images and announcements that extol...
This post is by Aaron Dignan and is a selection from “Manage Your Day-to-Day,” (Amazon Publishing, 2013), edited by Jocelyn K. Glei. Dignan is...
Something insidious is happening in the cubicles and hallways of America’s big and midsized companies. Employees who have attained a chunk of the America...
For many of us, speaking in public is our No. 1 fear. Fear of speaking in public stems from many things such as uncertainty...
Languages and cultural idioms oftentimes teach powerful lessons. For example, Yiddish, a Jewish-spoken dialect that is primarily a blend of Hebrew and German, offers...
Reinventing ourselves is not easy. In fact, most people don’t stay the course and succeed. Have you ever heard the cynical viewpoint “A leopard...