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The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 20, 2009
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The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 20, 2009

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:

How to deal with a decision you …

The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 10, 2009
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The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 10, 2009

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:

How to lose touch with your inner …

The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 6, 2009
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The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 6, 2009

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:

5 ways to become more intelligent. My …

The Smart Lemming’s Weekly Twitter Digest: Week of November 6, 2009
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The Smart Lemming’s Weekly Twitter Digest: Week of November 6, 2009

The Smart Lemming recommends Lori Grant’s tweets as additional resources for college-age or new workers:

A master’s degree in tough times? Do your homework before you enroll.
Your LinkedIn profile picture maybe killing your job prospects …

The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 3, 2009
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The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 3, 2009

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:

How not to think like a media …

The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: October 19, 2009
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The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: October 19, 2009

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:

When You Hate What You Do
A …

Personal Branding Tip: Lose the Tone in Your Voice, Don’t Channel Your Inner Seven of Nine
October 13, 2009 – 11:21 am | 4 Comments
Personal Branding Tip: Lose the Tone in Your Voice, Don’t Channel Your Inner Seven of Nine

Intelligence, certainty, and confidence contribute to a successful career. How communicate with others, specifically speak to others influence how others perceive us. But what does tone have to do with our communications with others? Everything. …

The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: October 10, 2009
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The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: October 10, 2009

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:

5 Ways Managers Fail at Delegating
5 …

Smart Lemming Review: Mark Goulston’s Just Listen - Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
September 29, 2009 – 12:16 pm | 5 Comments
Smart Lemming Review: Mark Goulston’s Just Listen - Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone

Mark Goulston’s book Just Listen is a must-read for anyone who must interact with people, even anti-social hermits should read the book, so they can learn how to persuade others to stop bothering them. This book is a natural fit for managers and leaders, but it’s also invaluable for those working up the corporate ladder.

Smart Lemming Diary: Email Communications can be Problematic for Sender and Receiver
September 15, 2009 – 11:43 am | No Comment
Smart Lemming Diary: Email Communications can be Problematic for Sender and Receiver

October 29, 2005
Writing and receiving emails at work can be challenging. It’s definitely a learned art, one that’s critical to career success. If you’re too reactive, you can accidentally send emails that you regret or …

Smart Lemming Diary: Would You Interrupt Your Boss’s Boss in a Meeting?
September 8, 2009 – 8:00 am | No Comment
Smart Lemming Diary: Would You Interrupt Your Boss’s Boss in a Meeting?

October 14, 2005
Never Interrupt Your Boss or Your Boss’s Boss
An awkward Management Team meeting, new work buddy, and understaffed Marketing department keeps work interesting in my job as Director. It’s interesting. After noticing that our …

Smart Lemming Rundown: 10 Simple Secrets of the World’s Greatest Business Communicators
June 1, 2009 – 12:00 pm | One Comment
Smart Lemming Rundown: 10 Simple Secrets of the World’s Greatest Business Communicators

How does one present like Steve Jobs? Do you have passion, but know how to channel it in presentations? Carmine Gallo’s book, 10 Simple Secrets of the World’s Greatest Business Communicators, is a must-read for workers, who want to improve their business life, leadership, and sales skills.

How to Avoid Mistakes in Action Items and Project Deadlines
May 27, 2009 – 8:59 am | No Comment
How to Avoid Mistakes in Action Items and Project Deadlines

How many times have you met with your boss and thought you knew exactly what was supposed to be done and by when? It’s easy to assume you heard things correctly, but what if …

The 10 Worst Presentation Habits
May 20, 2009 – 10:41 am | 3 Comments
The 10 Worst Presentation Habits

Do you have any bad presentation habits? We all know bad presenters when we see them. Carmine Gallo’s “the 10 Worst Presentation Habits,” is an excellent resource on public speaking. After reading his ten bad …

The 4 Cardinal Sins of Public Speaking
May 18, 2009 – 3:53 pm | One Comment
The 4 Cardinal Sins of Public Speaking

Do have the “It Factor” in your presentation skills? Do you have an air of confidence that great communicators have? BusinessWeek’s article,  “Actions Do Speak Louder Than Words Of All The Bad Habits And Nervous …