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By Lauren StillRecently published1 topic

"Passion" - Overused or Indispensable?

I have an on-again, off-again relationship with "passion." First of all, I think it is a tremendously overused term in our current cultural dialogue. It has become synonymous with a panacea -- there is a sense that if you find your "passion" that everything will be perfect - you'll be ecstatically happy, make millions doing it, stop global warming and have more time with your family. And maybe you will (or at least come close), because I have seen people do that.

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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Five Tips to Increase Employee Engagement

Employee engagement describes the level of emotional involvement and enthusiasm employees demonstrate for their work, and how that influences their performance and willingness to further the organization’s interests. While that may seem “soft” and intangible, many researchers show that the benefits of increased engagement are very tangible and impact the bottom line.

Primary topic: Career Development
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How to Get Promoted By Thinking Like the Boss

When you want to get a promotion or move to the next level in your organization, it is critical to position yourself as a strong candidate for the role. Just being good at your current job isn’t enough. Consider what your boss or the hiring manager looks for when deciding who to promote, and translate those needs into specific actions you can take to increase your chances of success.

Primary topic: Career Development
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Ten Tips to Manage Conflict

Whether at work or in our personal lives, it is inevitable that we will deal with some conflict, at some point. Whether it is an irritable customer, a boss or colleague with whom you do not see eye to eye, a tension-filled meeting, or a disagreement with a family member, we all need skills to navigate these waters successfully.

Primary topic: Career Development
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Rock Your New Role: How to Set Yourself Up for Success in Your New Job

Congratulations! You've landed a great new job and you're excited to get started. You worked relentlessly to get the job offer -- networking, applying, researching and interviewing -- but if you're thinking the hard part is over, think again. Chances are, you want to impress your new employer and demonstrate what a smart move they made by hiring you. You may already be daydreaming about getting your first promotion or raise. But nearly all new employees go into their new job without a plan for how they're going to make a great impression, which can be a serious mistake.

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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Detoxing Your Work Environment

Living a healthier lifestyle is all the rage these days. Special diets and foods, exercise regimes, cleanses -- many of us have tried one thing or another to detoxify our bodies and increase our health and wellbeing. When we "detox" our bodies, we purge them of unhealthy inputs, and provide our systems with healthy foods and nutrients to repair any damage.

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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How to Increase Your Influencing Skills

When someone wields influence, or is able to effectively persuade others, it is a powerful skill. The ability to influence others allows us to be heard, effect change, manage and lead more effectively, and ultimately get us more directly to what we want out of work and life.

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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Is Work a 4-Letter Word?

Take this job and... you can probably fill in the blank. Research has found that is what an astounding number of employees seem to be thinking: According to a 2010 report by Mercer, nearly one third of US workers are seriously considering leaving their jobs, up from 23% in 2005. Fewer than 1 in 3 employees worldwide (31%) are engaged. Nearly 1 in 5 (17%) are actually disengaged. Engagement levels vary by region from 37% in India to 17% in China. (Blessing White 2011 Employee Engagement Survey)

Primary topic: Career Development
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Career Crossroads: What Next?

Periodically, we may find ourselves at a crossroads in our career -- a point where there may be several possible paths or directions we can choose. The road we have been on is either coming to an end, or there are new options intersecting it that force us to make directional choices. We come to such a crossroads for a myriad of reasons: • A layoff or other involuntary release from a previous job. • Voluntary departure from a previous job, but without anything lined up to follow it. • Frustration when we feel our true potential is not perceived by others.r

Primary topic: Career Development
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Why Your Personal Brand Matters

If you're not managing your own brand, it is being created by default by those around you. How comfortable are you with that? Do you trust your co-workers, your boss, even your friends to be able to describe you completely accurately? To be able to identify your greatest strengths, your inherent talents, where you can be most effective and valuable?

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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How to Map Your Career

A career map is like a road map of your professional life - it allows you to visualize where you are, where you want to go, and possible routes to get there. A good career map will provide you flexibility, tools to assess opportunities as they surface, and ideas for planning your career management and personal development. Without such a map, your career will be built by default rather than by design. When you have an intentional direction, you can move towards your destination. If you don't know where you're going, then you just might find yourself wandering in circles!

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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What To Do When There's No Career Progression Program

You're ready and raring to climb the corporate ladder, but what if you can't see a clear career progression? Sometimes there are no programs in the organization to help you get to the next level. You wish there was a structured path that you could just follow in order to progress. Or perhaps there aren't many opportunities to move up in the company, as is often the case in flatter organizational structures. What do you do?

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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Don't Let Fears Stop You

What stops you from living an audaciously brilliant life? Fears can be a powerful force holding you back from what you desire. Fears come from a place deep within us that at one stage in our evolution kept us alive. At the dawn of humankind, fear of change and the unknown kept us from crossing that big river (and potentially drowning), or from leaving the tribe (and being eaten by something fierce), or running about in the dark (and perhaps falling into a ravine).

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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Don't Let Beliefs Hold You Back

Have you ever looked at someone else and wondered "how in the world did she ever pull THAT off?" Maybe it was getting a big raise when company finances were tight, or creating a brand new, exciting position for herself, or even breaking the "rules" of how things are "supposed" to work? How DID she do that? We'll get to that in a second. Beliefs and fears dictate how we perceive the world, ourselves, and our expectations (we look at fears in more detail in a separate article).

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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5 Ways to Shift Your Mindset for Change

When you need to make a change, whether adjusting unwanted behaviors or carving a new path, having the right mindset can significantly affect your ability to succeed. For example, have you ever needed to come up with new, brilliant ideas for a project, a paper, or to solve a problem, and your mind just wasn't in a creative mode? Your mindset can have a significant impact on your impact and success.

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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Lost and Found at Work

Whether you'd like to get noticed by your boss, a recruiter, or the head of that department in which you've always wanted to work, just hoping that a spotlight will appear over your head, bathing you in glowing light at the moment a great opportunity becomes available, well, it's probably not the best tactic. You'll probably end up sitting for a long time in the dark. So what can you do to attract some well-deserved attention your way? Several things, but before we go there, you need to do a bit of homework.

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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By Lauren StillRecently published1 topic

The Gift of Growth: How to Recognize and Use Three Sources of Personal Growth

The capacity to grow and change is a gift to our current and future selves. When we expand our minds, we expand our horizons and therefore our possibilities. With the ability to change comes the potential that what appeared impossible before may suddenly become possible. The gift of growth and change can come from three places in our lives: internal (ourselves), exte al (others), or circumstantial (events). We will explore how to recognize and get the most out of the gifts provided from each of these areas. Internal (Ourselves)

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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By Lauren StillRecently published1 topic

Finding Success: How to Balance Work and Personal Life

You've got a lot on your plate, are respected at work for your achievements, but often feel overwhelmed, stressed, and may sometimes feel guilty about whether you give enough time to your family. When someone talks about having work-life balance, you laugh and say, "What's that?" You've probably resigned yourself to thinking "this is just how it is." I know, because I've worked with many people just like you who struggle with whether "balance" can be successfully achieved when you have a demanding career.

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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5 Tips to Boost Your Confidence at Work

Self-confidence is a belief in yourself and your abilities. We naturally seek out this feeling in our work, in our relationships, in our personal lives, but rarely do we feel consistently, truly confident in all areas of our life. There are usually a few gremlins and defeating messages that sneak up on us from time to time, and the workplace is often a breeding ground for situations that strike a blow to our sense of self.

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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What Is Career Management? Your Long-Term Strategy for Career Success

Career management is a hot topic in business, but how many people really think about what it means, who’s responsible for it, and how to go about it in an effective manner? If you ask your friends what they do to manage their career, how many can give you a coherent answer? What does career management mean to you, and what do you do to proactively manage your career?

Primary topic: Career Development
Career Development
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