Personal Branding

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If you’re serious about your career you should treat your social media profiles as an extension of your resume. Our social profiles are representative of our personalities, pastimes, and interests, so it’s vital to be conveying the correct image of yourself to current or prospective employers. Read More

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How many types of smiles are there?Ladders Contributor

You’d be forgiven for thinking that counting the different types of smile would be straightforward. It’s anything but. The total number of different types of smile is frequently debated. Read More

Office Life

Bring the power of progress into your one-to-one meetings Ladders Contributor

As a leader, it’s up to you to help connect the dots between team members’ wins and the value their work provides to your company and customers. In the process, not only will your team members experience satisfaction, their output will improve as well. And that’s progress everyone can feel good about. Read More

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'I don’t feel pretty' ... Why aren't positivity movements working?Ladders Contributor

Many young girls and women today are prone to having strong bouts of insecurity about their looks and how they are perceived by others. They’re also strongly inclined to deriving a dominant part of their identity and self-worth from their physical appearance. Read More

Advice

Pride isn’t a vice – it’s a way to become your best self Ladders Contributor

“We all evolve to want to create those feelings [of pride], of figuring out who you want to be. Listen to those feelings and use them to try to figure out how to become the best person that you want to be.” … Read More

Productivity

The art of goal achievement Zat Rana

What leads to goal achievement is a path, process, or a system. And for most of us, this part of the machine is the most difficult to maintain. It’s the one that takes the most time and effort. Read More

Office Life

Use your grown-up voice! Ditch vocal fry, baby talk or bro-language Rachel Weingarten

The thing is that whether you realize it or not, the way you speak might be alienating others in the workplace or your work orbit. Read More

Advice

Why you should reinforce values instead of rules Robert Glazer

It turns out that values are far more effective than rules at eliciting the outcomes and behaviors that we want. I’ve observed that highly successful families, organizations and companies select and focus on a few values that are most important to them. Read More

How To

This 2-step, 10-minute exercise creates immediate self-awareness Benjamin P. Hardy

Self-knowledge is important. But self-imagination is far more compelling and powerful. Actually, being highly imaginative is how you become self-aware. Read More

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