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February 18, 2006
The Paradox of Letting Go
It’s funny what happens when you let go of something. All of a sudden it’s handed to you.
My current job has grown due to my sense of duty and …
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business:
About one million laid-off workers will see …
February 14, 2006
When you’re in the rank and file in a company, sometimes you wonder why it takes so long for Management to act.
Over the past six months, now that I’m in that upper Management …
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business:
Confused about tipping etiquette? How much to …
The Smart Lemming’s CEO wants to play her to her highest level by adding more responsibility to her current role as Director of Marketing. Her CEO asks, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business:
A new program at Abbott Labs older …
The Smart Lemming recommends these Harvard Business Review podcasts and blog posts on Women in business, featuring Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Rita McGrath, and Tamara J. Erickson.
February 8, 2006
When you work for a new startup, you can expect that you’ll be hired in for one job, but end up doing more or something completely different.
When my CEO approached me to take …
This week’s Smart Lemming’s recommended tweets from Lori Grant that provide additional resources for college-age or new workers on career management and job hunting.
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business:
The Smart Lemming’s list of the best …
The Smart Lemming recommends these Harvard Business Review podcasts for managing your career:
HBR IdeaCast 4: The Joys of Deliberate Mistakes and “Middlescence” with Tamara Erickson
HBR IdeaCast 17: Science Business and Be Your CEO with …
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business:
7 More Lessons Learned From Sesame Street …
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business.
With so much valuable information on personal brands in book and blogs, don’t lose the forest for the trees. Personal branding ≠ career management. I repeat, personal branding by itself is NOT managing your career.
January 30, 2006
Finding Equity Investors or Getting Acquired
This morning our CEO has a meeting with our first channel partner at their request to discuss how our companies can be more aligned.
Our company has contributed to …
I was inspired by Mike Sansone’s post “The 6 Ps of BizBlog Practice.” His 6 Ps model was easily transferable to managing your career. I call it the 6 P’s of Career Management. It’s a …
Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast: March 1, 2010 (Episode 4) [8:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis week’s podcast discusses three business books help you learn the new science of rapid change by thinking a little while changing a lot, overcome the conflict between your rational mind and your emotional mind, and change your old approach to innovation.
What it is: The Levity Effect – Why It Pays to Lighten Up
What it’s about: The Levity Effect uses science to reveal how of fun and humor in work drives business results.
Rating: 4 stars
The …
Is there an easy way to brainstorm the your product, service, or personal brand’s value proposition? Use the Business Goals and Values Map to brainstorm your product, service, or personal brand’s value proposition.
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, and management:
Business life:
Employers & employees: read this post on social media throughout throughout …
Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast: February 8, 2010 (Episode 3) [9:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis week Lori Grant recommends three business books that help you construct a realistic path to enduring success, defend yourself in office politics or collect political power in a way that’s not selfish, and forge an effective relationship with those above you.
