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Managing the Strong, Arrogant, Obnoxious Type

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Or the balding dude from finance who can out-gun anyone with a spreadsheet at twenty paces, who won’t even hear your argument for more funding unless you can outwit his wittiness. But deep in your heart you know they’ve got career stalling flaws. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning' Show Concern.

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The Most Dangerous Way to Measure Success

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” I was sure my new friend, Laura, (not her real name) was going to tell me about tight finances, a booked business calendar, or kid’s soccer schedules. Authenticity & Transparency Developing Leadership In Children career success shoulds success the problem with shoulds' Instead Laura confided: Don’t get me wrong.

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Why HR Gets a Bad Name

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I spent the first decade of my career in HR. I spent the next decade keeping my HR and Finance partners as close as possible. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning Results & Execution how to be a better support partner SHRM Why HR gets a bad name' 4 Reasons HR Gets a Bad Rap. HR belongs at the table.

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Glass Elevators: Why Elevator Speeches Matter

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Until… a good friend of mine in Finance (p.s. always have a good friend in Finance) batted the conversation my way. Yesterday I attended an important meeting with important people. I was not scheduled to speak. What’s our channel’s mission? How are our results? What’s our team best at? How have we improved?

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Understanding Leadership for Career and Executive Coaching

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I came to the US for graduate school and started my research and consulting career in Washington DC helping the public sector understand media environment and usage in Asia. Then I moved back to the San Francisco Bay Area and have been in the corporate and finance industry for almost 9 years. I was born and grew up in Taiwan.

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The Dive Model in Career Coaching

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A Coaching Model By Joanna Poplawska, Leadership Coach, UNITED KINGDOM The Dive Model in Career Coaching Identifying the route to a fulfilling and successful career has never been easy. The Dive Coaching Model The DIVE model in career coaching helps to stimulate creative thinking and to ignite curiosity.

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How to Succeed With Limited Resources

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I’ve seen this first hand, when I look back at the most creative times in my career and in how I’m approaching my business now, the best solutions came when we felt the most stretched. The finance crowd speaks and entirely different language than sales or IT. I also watched the evolution at Verizon Wireless in this regard.

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