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Your Start-Up Life: How to Get Flexibility at Work?

Rana Florida | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Stress, Traffic, Talent, Tips, Rush Hour, Your Start-Up Life, Go-to-Meeting, Commuting, Commute, Entrepreneurs, Skype, Business, Workplace Flexibility, Telecommuting, Advice, Productivity, Work Life Balance, Work-Life Balance Tips, Commuting Health, Commuting Health Study, Business News
Rana Florida

Feel free to let your boss know that a new study released by the Center for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, and American Cancer Society has confirmed what many have long suspected: that lengthy car commutes are terrible for your health.

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Preventing the Loss of Key Talent

Ed Lawler | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Talent Management, Skills, Talent, Economy, Jobs, Human Resources, Hr, Organizations, Business, Executives, Business News
Ed Lawler

Jobs don't have a worth; individuals do, and at a time of economic expansion it is particularly important that individuals be paid what they are worth in the market. How about long-term employment relationships and job security?

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Why Your Job Ads Aren't Working

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Hiring, Career, Recruitment, Talent, Employment, Business News
Liz Ryan

It's a new day in the talent marketplace. Employers who treat their job applicants like valued collaborators win in their competitive spaces, and employers who insist on talking down to talent and addressing them like livestock will get the more-docile-than-talented new hires they deserve.

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Employers Demanding Facebook Passwords? Perfect!

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Hiring, Career, Facebook, Talent, Employment, Facebook Passwords Employees, Facebook Passwords, Business News
Liz Ryan

How paranoid would an organization have to be, to doubt its own managers' instincts so severely that it doesn't trust them to hire smart people without resorting to KGB-type snooping tactics?

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Learning From Jealousy

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Judgment, Talent, Failure, Jealousy, Success, Envy, Fear, Criticism, Wisdom, Relationship Jealousy, Jealous, Jealousy Envy, Emotional Intelligence, Jealousy Is, Healthy Living News
Jennifer Hamady

Every situation is an opportunity to learn if you're willing to see it as such. Dealing with jealousy -- whether directed at someone else or at you -- is no exception.

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From Profit Pools to Talent Pools

Ije Nwokorie | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Creativity, Leadership, Profit, Talent, Innovation, Business, Customer Service, Management, Brands, Business News
Ije Nwokorie

"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." You've heard that one before. Apparently, Henry Ford never said it. ...

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Mozart, Newton and You?

Lisa Randall | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Creativity, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Talent, Mozart, David Brooks, Discovery, Geniuses, Genius, Science News
Lisa Randall

Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, mathematics, and to other fields of science, just as it is to its more widely acknowledged beneficiaries -- the arts and humanities.

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Why Children Don't Need To Find A Passion

Betsy Brown Braun | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Find Your Passion, Activities, Children, Talent, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Healthy-Kids, Advice for Parents, Parenting Pathways, Parents News
Betsy Brown Braun

One of the key components in the new sport of Competitive Child Raising seems to be the misguided notion that children tween-age and even younger are supposed to know their calling.

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Trapeze School New York: Off the Street and Into the Air (Video)

Dan Persons | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Healthy Living, New York City, New York, Trapeze School New York, Unusual Activities, Video, Lifestyle, Talent, Fun, Trapeze, Culture News
Dan Persons

I decided to go to a place right here in New York City that actually helps anyone with the desire to untap their natural gift for flight.

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You Are the Instrument

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Openness, Life Flows, Personal Expression, Passion, Talent, Joy, Consciousness, Infinite Intelligence, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Dennis Merritt Jones

Whether we know it or not, you and I are also instruments for infinite intelligence. We have the daily opportunity to have a "peak experience" because we too have come to give form and expression to the divine essence of life.

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Being Proud Of Your Personal Brand

Malcolm Levene | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Personal Brand, Star Quality, Talent, Building a Lasting Image, How to Build a Personal Brand, Branding, How To, Business, Building a Brand, Cocktails, Consciousness, Healthy Living News
Malcolm Levene

When building a personal brand, the ability to be the person we would all like to be is in some cases a gift. That said, you need more than talent to be as glossy as these people are able to be.

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Joe Franklin Knows Talent

Dan Persons | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Joe Franklin, Legend, Show Business, Talent, Talent Wisdom, Joe Franklin Advice, Talk Show Hosts, Talent Advice, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Mighty Movie Podcast has tracked down veteran talk-show host and all-around show-biz maven: Mr. Joe Franklin.

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David Robbins Talks High Entertainment

Bettina Korek | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: David Robbins, Alex Israel, High Entertainment, Ice Cream Social, Talent, Arts News
Bettina Korek

I first heard about David Robbins through my friend Alex Israel while Alex was still a student at the USC Roski School of Fine Art. His professor at t...

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Want a Higher Performing Team? Act Like a Talent Agent

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Teamwork, Leadership, Talent Management, Career, Talent, Career Advice, Careers, Managers, Management, Small Business America, Business News
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone

We all know how important it is to develop your people. Many companies place a premium on how effective you are in helping your people grow and may base part of your bonus on it.

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Knowing When It's Time To Fire Your Boss

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Leadership, Interviews, Job Search, Unemployment Rate, Recruiting, Talent, Careers, Strengths, Micro Manage, Bad Boss, Managers, Accountability, Transferable Skills, Healthy Living News
Caroline Dowd-Higgins

In a decade of career coaching, I have learned that people don't leave jobs, they leave bad bosses.

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Blogger Series: London Fashion (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Creativity, Walmart, Twitter, Vogue, Foie Gras, Print, Talent, Creatvity, Sasha Wilkins, Liberty London Girl, Media, London, Journalism, British, Couture, Mademoiselle Robot, Blogger, Anonymity, Blog, Online, Voice, Ffg, Designers, Editorial, Fashion, Runway, Alias, Laetitia Wajnapel, Magazines, Writer, Style News
Constantin Bjerke

Fashion Foie Gras For most of us a high-flying full-time career is more than enough, but not Emily Johnston - the (super)-woman behind the globally su...

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Six Ways Leaders Can Fuel Excellence at Anything

Tony Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Leadership, Excellence, John Chambers, Alan Mulally, Talent, Business News
Tony Schwartz

There is precious little scientific evidence to suggest that genes are our destiny--and more and more evidence of neuroplasticity--the capacity to influence the way our genes express themselves.

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Raising Standards for Teachers in the Wake of a Crisis

Meredith Ely | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Shortage, Teach for America, Standards, Talent, Credentials, Education News
Meredith Ely

As we think of the potential teacher shortage, we must keep in mind not only ways to increase the number of teachers, but also who we want in classrooms.

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Will My Consulting Experience Hurt My Job Search?

Liz Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Resume, Career, Job Search, Talent, Employment, Liz Ryan, Search Firm, Ask Liz Ryan, Agency, Advice, Interview, Recruiter, Job Hunt, Business News
Liz Ryan

Half the world jumps from consulting to in-house employment every couple of years. Consulting experience isn't a problem in any way.

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Celebrity Rehab 101 -- Risks and Prevention

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Performance Enhancing Drugs, Lindsay Lohan Drugs, Celebrity Rehab, Talent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Life-in-the-Fast-Lane, Sleep Deprivation, Celebrities, Rehab, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Lindsay Lohan Rehab, Tiger Woods Rehab, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Matthew Edlund, M.D.

Every week another celebrity shows up in Rehab. The addicted star has been a staple of plays, then movies, now unreality television. Are there any ways to present this massacre of talent?

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Tony Hayward and Those CEO Myths

David Bolchover | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Petroleum, Tony Hayward, Executive Pay, Talent, Ceos, Business News
David Bolchover

We need to draw broader lessons from the Tony Hayward saga. The myth of CEO omnipotence and its twin misconception, the myth of rare executive talent, cost us dear and must be challenged vigorously and urgently.

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The Myth of the Individual: What Successful Technologists Really Do

Caroline Simard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fortune-Smartest-People-in-Tech, Innovation, Technology, Talent, Collaboration, Technologists, Tech, Innovator, Fortune Magazine, Technology News
Caroline Simard

This week, Fortune published a list of the 50 smartest people in high-tech. The focus on individual accomplishments, however, doesn't do justice to what technologists have to be the best at in order to be successful.

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Why Immigrants Can Drive the Green Economy

Richard Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrel, New Economy, Green Jobs, Alternative Energy, Talent, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Clean Energy, Immigration, Immigrants, Technology, Green News
Richard Herman

We need an immigration system that prioritizes the attraction and retention of scarce, high‐end talent needed to invent and commercialize alternative energy technology and other emerging technologies.

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"To the Moon and Beyond" Team USA: World Cup 2010

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landon Donovan Goal Video, Toy Story, Heart, Futbol, Landon Donovan Goal, Landon Donovan, Talent, Perseverance, American Dream, Buzz Lightyear, Team U.S.A., Skill, Woody, Soccer, Sports News
Kety Esquivel

As a second generation, I am thrilled to see soccer become mainstream in the U.S. This year's team embodies many of the characteristics I most value in the U.S. culture.

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The Generosity Plan

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Generosity, Time, And Talent to Shape the World, Talent, The Generosity Plan: Sharing Your Time, Human Trafficking, Kathy LeMay, Sacred Activism, Philanthropy, Andrew Harvey, Gaza, Beyond Words, Activism, Tithing, Polar Bears, Giving, Charity, Helping Others, Healthy Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Ms. LeMay began her generosity practice as a child. Over time, she realized she was an activist. Activism worked better for her as an idea rather than philanthropy.

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