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What 3 CEOs Learned After Spending a Day in Their Employees’ Shoes

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Here’s what other CEOs and leaders say there is to be learned from walking a day in employees’ shoes. She also learned about the degree of fatigue franchise owners were experiencing, through her conversations with leaders at that location, after multiple leadership changes. “So His goal? “To

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Finding Your Voice: Advocating and Negotiating for Yourself as a Woman in the Workplace

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Therefore, we learn not to speak up unless we are certain we are right and/or safe. I spoke to a mentor about how I was feeling, and his words of wisdom have remained with me ever since. Effective Negotiation. Chester Karris: “ In business as in life, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.”.

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Taking Career Advice from TikTok? Experts Suggest Keeping These 4 Things In Mind

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In the past, most people would ask a mentor or career coach for advice. A recent study finds that Gen Z and millennials are more likely to get their career advice from TikTok than a mentor, with one in five making career decisions based on advice from TikTok creators.

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The Gender Pay Gap: 3 Steps to Work Toward Workplace Parity

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For years, we’ve been told the reason the gender pay gap exists is that women don’t negotiate or advocate for themselves. Why do companies and managers insist on making compensation dependent on someone’s self-confidence level or negotiating skills when, in most cases, neither has anything to do with their job and job performance?

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Soft Skills Training: 8 Soft Skills Courses to Elevate Your Career

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You could even ask someone with the skills you seek to mentor you and provide regular feedback and advice. In the course, you’ll learn how to effectively communicate in a way that builds a positive personal reputation. In addition to time management skills, you can expect to learn how to prioritize tasks and organize your workspace.

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How Taking Charge of Your Emotions Can Help You Find Success in Business

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But learning to manage and respond appropriately to the negative emotions that can accompany our workdays isn’t just a means to avoiding hushed conversations and looks of confusion. Financier Warren Buffet shared a valuable piece of advice from a mentor concerning handling emotions in Gillian Zoe Segal’s book Getting There: A Book of Mentors.

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A Talented Woman Crafting Careers for Women

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So that was the first time I started learning licensing deals, license deals for movies. And I learned a lot about contracts. My boss, Virginia, she was my first woman mentor. I never really had a mentor before that, but she taught me everything about contracts. How did that evolve for you? That was my next job.

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