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Key Steps Women Can Take to Be Strong Leaders

By Nicki Sanders | May 15, 2019 | Comments Off on Key Steps Women Can Take to Be Strong Leaders

Key Steps Women Can Take to Be Strong Leaders By Marci Martin, Writer, Business News Daily For so long, women have determined career success by their ability to adjust to the male-dominated culture and business processes in their field. Women try to play by the existing rules in the workplace and have the additional hurdle […]

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Here’s Why Time Off Work Actually Improves Your Work and Life

By Nicki Sanders | May 13, 2019 | Comments Off on Here’s Why Time Off Work Actually Improves Your Work and Life

Here’s Why Time Off Work Actually Improves Your Work and Life Powering through your work week after week can cause some serious tunnel vision and prevent you from accomplishing what you’re capable of. By Darius Foroux What do you do when you feel tired or overwhelmed? Do you power through? Or do you take some time […]

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How To Build a Fearless Organization

By Nicki Sanders | May 10, 2019 | Comments Off on How To Build a Fearless Organization

How To Build a Fearless Organization Interview by Martha Lagace  “Psychological safety at work takes effort. It’s not the norm. But it’s worth the effort,” says Professor Amy Edmondson. She explains how and why a culture of open candor—and the willingness and courage to speak up—is a strategic asset and can be developed in companies […]

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4 Ways to Make Leadership Development Part of Your Company Culture

By Nicki Sanders | May 8, 2019 | Comments Off on 4 Ways to Make Leadership Development Part of Your Company Culture

4 Ways to Make Leadership Development Part of Your Company Culture By Heather R. Huhman, Entrepreneur Contributor It looks like organizations are missing the mark on leadership development. Only 35 percent of U.S. managers are engaged in their jobs, according to a Gallup’s State of the American Manager report analyzing responses from 2,564 U.S. managers […]

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4 Ways Your Company Benefits From Giving Back

By Nicki Sanders | May 6, 2019 | Comments Off on 4 Ways Your Company Benefits From Giving Back

4 Ways Your Company Benefits From Giving Back John Boitnott VIP Contributor, Entrepreneur Modern society gives some great rewards to entrepreneurs who find what people need and want, and provide it. This exchange is huge part to the free market philosophy that has led to much prosperity (although unfortunately not for everyone). Successful business people […]

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How to Know if You’re a Bad Boss

By Nicki Sanders | May 3, 2019 | Comments Off on How to Know if You’re a Bad Boss

How to Know if You’re a Bad Boss By Julianna Lopez, Writer, Business News Daily One of the biggest problems companies constantly face is recruiting and retaining talented employees. The most common reason employees leave their current companies? Their bosses. According to a new survey of U.S. businesses released by Grovo, a workplace learning innovator […]

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Welcome to National Foster Care Month 2019

By Nicki Sanders | May 1, 2019 | Comments Off on Welcome to National Foster Care Month 2019

National Foster Care Month 2019 Foster Care as a Support to Families, Not a Substitute for Parents May Is National Foster Care Month, a time to recognize that we each can play a part in enhancing the lives of children and youth in foster care. Foster care must act as a support system for families, […]

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15 Unexpected Benefits of Volunteering That Will Inspire You

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 29, 2019 | Comments Off on 15 Unexpected Benefits of Volunteering That Will Inspire You

15 Unexpected Benefits of Volunteering That Will Inspire You Volunteer for Others But Also for Yourself By Joanne Fritz The Balance Small Business Did you know that we, as a society, value volunteers so much that we even put a monetary value on their time? In fact, our volunteer work may be more valuable than […]

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The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 26, 2019 | Comments Off on The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time

The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time By Justin Talbot-Zorn , Leigh Marz In a 2016 interview with Vox’s Ezra Klein, journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates argued that serious thinkers and writers should get off Twitter. It wasn’t a critique of the 140-character medium or even the quality of the social media […]

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