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What a Black person thinks when they read this blog

Penelope Trunk

I asked Whitney to annotate one of my blog posts because I want to better understand the white privilege on my blog. Instead of worrying about and advocating for the collective (i.e. I tell them they are delusional to be offering kids the April 3 test date. Note from Penelope: This is a guest post of sorts.

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share Team Building Ideas

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This month’s festival is all about team time. Next month’s Frontline Festival follows up on this month’s with a theme all about growth and change. Submit your growth and change related blog posts and answers to that question here! Building product is not about having a large team to manage. Follow Susan.

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What Experts are Saying About Career Advice: May Frontline Festival

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Miller of The People Equation brings us Career Conversations: Leaders, Are You Getting It Right. James Ryan of Soft Skills For Hard Jobs brings us The Simplest Way To Advance Your Career – Talk Conversations about career advancement between employers and the employees don’t happen as often as they should.

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5 Ways to Strengthen Trust With Weak Ties

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The more people are talking about your ideas, the higher the probability of being introduced to other experts with complementary or challenging views. Don’t be a snob or tell us how wonderful you are, just show us through your ideas and engagement. Share a bit about yourself as a person.

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Blogging Bootcamp is Stupid

Penelope Trunk

Last week I announced that I’m doing a week-long series on how to blog. Then I received an onslaught of emails reminding me of how I have always said that it’s stupid to try to earn money blogging. But the bottom line is that making money from blogging based on getting tons of traffic is a terrible goal because so few people can do it.

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Frontline Festival March 2016: Fresh Insights for Leaders

Let's Grow Leaders

This month’s festival, in keeping with the seasonal turn toward spring, is all about fresh insights for leaders. Next month, we celebrate the launch of Winning Well , so we are asking for submissions about what Winning Well means to you, as well as giving you an opportunity to show us! –for publication on April 22nd.

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7 Fundamentals For Building Real Trust With Your Team

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It sure looks easy on paper (or a blog post.) The sooner we talk about trust, why it works, and how it breaks down the better. That’s why I always start any emerging leader program by talking about trust. Trust Yourself. “Trust yourself. Always Tell the Truth. Have a Solid Plan.