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Self Improvement

How Well Do You Detect a Liar?

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes What do you do if you think someone is not being truthful with you? Do you decide if someone is lying by your gut or intuition? Alternatively, are you someone who wants to investigate the facts because of what someone has said? If you are a fact finder, you [...]

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Core Values Win Even in Adversity

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes What are your core values? Have you ever written them down? I know, you probably are going to tell me you have them “up there” <—- pointing to head. The thing about having them “up there” is that they are easy to change. No one knows for sure what [...]

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13 Great Truths about Leadership

by Robert Whipple

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Much has been written about the characteristics of great leaders. I have found 13 characteristics that hold true for the great leaders I have known. There are other ingredients to excellent leadership, but if you have all 13 of these characteristics, you are probably one of the elite leaders. [...]

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Evaluating a Job Change to Advance Pay

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Question: I work in a large high tech company where several of us have the same job description, but we don’t do the same work. My boss gives me all the difficult assignments and the others receive the more routine work. When I received my increase this year, I [...]

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Baby Boomer Job Seeker: Is an MBA necessary to compete?

by Lynn Dessert
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Reading time: 9 – 15 minutes Question: Shortly after I volunteered out during Company X restructuring, 9/11 hit and the world stopped (similar to today’s economy). I couldn’t find any openings at my level or even a step down. It took a few years to get what I have now — but I’m severely under [...]

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Walking Past My Stress

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Is stress at work at an all time high? It can be work or personal stress situations. Both lead to absenteeism and loss of work productivity while on the job. Stress can cause us to exercise less frequently, making us prone to weight gain, mental sluggishness, injury and overall [...]

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Personal Power: Should You Outshine Your Boss?

by Lynn Dessert
The 48 Laws of Power

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Power is not the root of all evil. There are many lessons from history which help us to understand human nature better and how it works to our benefit. Some might call it manipulation; others may see it as perfecting the art of persuasion. It really is just about [...]

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Seeking Imperfection

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Perfection. Do you ever feel like you have to be perfect at everything you do? And if you mess up, it just screws you all up inside. Is your self worth from childhood dependent on being the best to receive recognition and rewards? Does it seem that the person [...]

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Facing Fears Will Help You Succeed

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes When is the last time you embraced your fears? There are different kinds of fears. Sometimes we fear the unknown, other times we fear what we know or think we know. When we fear the known, we may have had direct experience with the fear. It is possible we [...]

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Your Handshake Sends a Message

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Are you satisfied with your personal brand – your handshake? It immediately sends a message to the person shaking your hand something about you. Whether you like it or not, they will make some assumptions. You may have one of these handshake styles and chances are you have experienced [...]

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Internal Candidates Can Excel in Company High Potential Programs

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes The pivotal point in my career was over 20 years ago in 1987. I went to work for a new company and I made a change from operations management to human resources. The road in operations was very difficult – but that’s another story. While in retail operations, my [...]

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Use Self Promotion to Your Advantage

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Do you promote the team ahead of yourself? It might be tempting. And it might be a career misstep. It is easy to fall into the trap that I should always promoting someone else, at some point though, you may think…what about me? Why doesn’t everyone else play by [...]

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Your Confidante: Trustworthy…for How Long?

by Lynn Dessert

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Mentor, coach or confidante – it can get a bit confusing with all these terms – is there a big difference in the relationships. Last week, we discussed the role of the coach or mentor, today we will talk about the role of a confidante. There are several factors [...]

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