Leadership Flagship
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.~ John Quincy Adams
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LARAE QUY JULY 12, 2019 The reason why some people succeed almost all the time is that they understand their core strengths. They don’t waste precious time. When it comes to success, it’s easy to think that people who are blessed with brains are the ones who will make it to the top. Common sense suggests…
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CAREER CONTESSA EDITORS This article first appeared on Careercontessa.com. JULY 10, 2019 The right icebreaker questions can be great for interviews. There are many illegal questions, make sure that you are not crossing dangerous boundaries. Icebreaker questions are more than small talk. These are targeted questions that usually require a moment of pause to consider—and answer. Typically, icebreakers yield…
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It’s Time to Stop Wearing Burnout as a Badge of Courage STEPHANIE JADE WONG Close your eyes and imagine yourself sprinting while holding your breath. Sounds tough, right? But that’s what leadership coach Lenore Champagne Beirne used to do when it came to her work—she’d push herself past her breaking point, thinking it’s what “success” looked like. “I’d…
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MARTHA TESEMA “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” That saying—one of the many by the great unknown—has been floating around on the Internet for as long as I’ve been googling “inspiring quotes” (a long, long time). It sums up an ideal situation: find a job that aligns with…
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HALEY GOLDBERG “I just feel like I’m under so much pressure.” I said those words to my mom during one of our recent weekly phone chats, after I’d ranted for a few minutes about how stressful my day/week/month felt. And, in her motherly wise way, her response was, “Well, where’s the pressure coming from?” At that moment, I realized: I…