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5 Ways to Become a More Likable Leader

Leaders often face the challenge of choosing between success and likeability. Unfortunately, choosing corporate effectiveness over office culture can cause a dip in motivation for your subordinates. Learn to increase your likeability without sacrificing the leadership qualities that earned you the job by improving your emotional intelligence. 5 Ways to Connect with Subordinates Make connections. This isn’t […]

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3 Executive Habits that Undermine Career Goals

As top performers in the business world, executives often avoid second-guessing themselves. Lingering over old behaviors can stagnate growth, undermine confidence, and make execs less effective in the C-suite. All professionals learn bad habits, however, and some executive habits can disrupt personal and company growth. Revitalize your career by overcoming these 3 harmful leadership behaviors. Habits

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The Benefits of Executive Mentoring

Mentorship is often presented as a way for executives to do a good deed, paying forward the philanthropic impulse an older, wiser leader once showed them. Mentorship clearly benefits up-and-coming leaders, teaching them to think critically, expand their professional networks, and propel themselves toward further success. What gets less press is how mentorship benefits mentors.

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Overlooked Aspects of the Executive Job Search

Executives are well-versed in the world of tracking progress. They spend their careers measuring successes, marking failures, and determining how to improve upon mediocrity. So it comes as no surprise that many executives overlook their less quantifiable successes when writing resumes, networking, and preparing for interviews. If your “best of the best” professional persona isn’t

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How Vacations Improve Executive Effectiveness

When career experts discuss the importance of work-life balance, many executives interpret that as cutting back on overtime, turning off business phones after hours, and refocusing on family on the weekends. Work-life balance isn’t just about juggling personal and professional responsibilities, however; a balanced executive devotes time to mental and emotional health, too. High profile

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How Social Corporate Responsibility Shapes Businesses

In an age when executives migrate in droves from profit to nonprofit careers, and “sustainability” is the word on everyone’s lips, social corporate responsibility has become a cornerstone of corporate success. Companies seeking validation from shareholders, consumers, and their own boards must prove not only their ability to surpass industry expectations, but also their commitment to

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How to Successfully Move from Profit to Nonprofit

Although the past five years have seen a significant improvement in executive employment opportunities, the job market has changed drastically from its pre-recession image. Increasingly, founders and board members of charitable organizations seek outside leadership for their nonprofits. And–whether due to a dearth of opportunities in their industry, a personal conviction that aligns with a company’s mission,

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How to Fight Career Inertia

As business leaders, executives often hear headlines like, “How to Engage Employees,” “Refocus Your Team,” and “Encourage a Better Performance.” Low-level employees, however, aren’t the only team members whose careers can stagnate. Career inertia often overtakes executives before they realize, leaving them aimless and longing for a new direction. Before tendering your resignation, focus on

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Make an Impression on LinkedIn

In today’s digitally-driven age, diligent work and measurable results alone won’t drive an executive career. Getting recognition, finding new opportunities, and expanding your professional network all depend on personal branding. Most C-level employees have rotund LinkedIn profiles, but even the most successful businesspeople often miss key strategies for fully optimizing their online brands. Stand out on LinkedIn

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How STEM Executives Can Grow Their Professional Networks

Despite what most professionals would suppose, HR teams in STEM fields frequently hire talent culled from business networks. This puts many engineers, accountants, and tech gurus at a disadvantage: STEM executives must typically work harder to find networking opportunities because their careers naturally lend themselves to a more individualized mindset. Executives looking for a career

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