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You Don’t Have to Like It – You Just Have to Do It

Author and Career Coach, Steve Dalton, was at Owen recently to teach students his proven process for job search. Some of the best job search and networking advice can be found in Steve’s book, The 2-Hour Job Search. Want to learn a framework for conducting an informational/networking meeting? As Steve says, you don’t have to […]

Do You Want To Be a Good Boss?

What makes someone a good boss? Assess your boss or yourself by reading this article. How to Tell if You Have a Good Boss By Alison Green It’s performance evaluation time in lots of workplaces this month, and you might be preparing for a meeting with your boss to talk about how well you’re performing. […]

Emotional Intelligence Beats Technical Ability?

Harvey Deutschendorf is an emotional intelligence expert and suggests that Emotional Intelligence is the key skill to develop. How emotionally intelligent are you? Take the EI Quiz at theotherkindofsmart.com 7 Reasons Why Emotional Intelligence Is One Of The Fastest-Growing Job Skills by Harvey Deutschendorf According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, emotional […]

Increase Your Influence

What are you waiting for? Here’s how to lead no matter what your position. Don’t Wait to Be Asked: Lead A roadmap for increasing your influence at work. Based on insights from Harry M. Kraemer Ask people what they would change about their organizations, and you are likely to get an earful. The company website is […]

Research Shows Us How to be More Productive

This is How to Be Productive: 5 New Secrets Proven By Research from the Barking Up the Wrong Tree Blog by Eric Barker Want to know how to be productive? Create goals, make a plan and execute. We all know this is a good idea… and it never, ever seems to work. It’s like simplifying boxing […]

Grit: It Can Boost Your Leadership Skills

Becoming a leader takes repeated and deliberate practice – just like most other skills. How to Use Grit to Gain Leadership Skills by Robin Camarote Too often we think of leadership as something that we’ll do in the future. In doing so, we fail to see the dozens of opportunities that work and life presents […]

Take a Class Online This Summer

You may want to take advantage of the longer slower days of summer and develop some new skills or brush up on others. Here are some ideas: 14 Online Classes You Can Take This Summer To Get Ahead of the Competition by Alyse Kalish OK, maybe you don’t have the summer off like you used […]

9 Productivity Tips from People Who Write About Productivity

Happy New Year! At the beginning of each new year, most of us think about doing things differently. What about becoming more productive? How on earth can we do that? Read on for some great tips. 9 Productivity Tips from People who Write About Productivity by Ron Friedman In recent years, work has become infinitely […]

Update Your Skills

We know that you love to learn. This article points you to sites where you can update your skills or learn new ones. From learning a language, folding a napkin into the shape of a turkey, to learning how to use your Apple watch – you’ll find something of interest here. The 37 Best Websites […]