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3 Mistakes that Force Employees to Leave

Vantage Circle

I once worked at an organization, and my department worked on connecting pharmaceutical companies with government officials. But it doesn’t mean that you need to stop mentoring your employees as soon as they start feeling comfortable doing their tasks. You Spread Them Thin. Yet, my department had a very high turnover.

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15 Things overachievers do

Penelope Trunk

They use pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutical frenzy is nothing new for gen-yers who used prescription drugs to get a leg up on everything. Pharmaceutical frenzy is nothing new for gen-yers who used prescription drugs to get a leg up on everything. What’s the difference between a mentor and a coach?

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Commencement speeches are garbage. College graduation is terrifying.

Penelope Trunk

Pharmaceuticals are your friends. And remember, even if your parents have great connections in the Senate or the Fortune 500 or whatever, your most valuable mentors are people only a few years ahead of you. It’s actually if you give up everything else and focus on your career then you’ll have a great career.

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We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs.

Penelope Trunk

I'd like to add one idea from a mentor of mine, who led big organizations in both sectors. 'Saving lives' (as is the case in your example with the pharmaceutical company above etc) is the means to making a profit and not the ends of their work. Salesforce.com rocks! It can potentially lead to huge conflicts of interest.

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How to express your true self at work | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

And pharmaceuticals have been such a disappointment to me.” In fact, I am enthralled with mixing pharmaceuticals off-label. So I said, just to make casual conversation, “What do you guys think would go well with Xanax, because I don’t think this is working. Ryan Healy said, ‘You sure are a late-bloomer to this. Posted by Mark W.

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