Career Advice & Insights

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Clinical psychologists and therapists provide insights on how not to lose your identity when you lose your job. One big challenge a professional faces when he’s lost his job is that he’s also lost a big piece of his identity. “Being out of work is a terrible feeling,” said Elizabeth Friedman, PhD, a clinical psychologist … Read More

Productivity

Flex Schedules: By the Numbers Jack Chapman

Flex time doesn’t only have to be for mid-level managers; interested executives can negotiate the same work-from-home time too. Most execs need to work on site 50+ hours a week. But some executive work is eligible to participate in a trend that started with lower-level employees: working from home. It is easiest to apply to … Read More

Productivity

Best of the Best Business Books for the Ages Dan Coughlin

Best of the Best Business Books for the Ages In my lifetime I’ve read over 500 books. Recently I put together a list of 110 recommended books that I called “Business Books for the Ages.” You can see this list, which represents 20 percent of all the books I’ve read, on my Web site. I … Read More

Productivity

Do, Delegate, or Delete It Frances Cole Jones

Prioritizing is key to a successful job search. “Do it, delegate it or delete it,” is a Marine Corps maxim that is applied to any request that comes in – verbally or electronically. It’s the idea behind touching each task only once. How can this maxim help with your job search? Many of us begin … Read More

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“When two people are having a conversation, eye contact signals that shared attention is high —that they are in peak synchrony with one another.”

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