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"The essence of the independent mind lies not
in what it thinks, but in how in thinks."
- Christopher Hitchens

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Career Advice, Part 6: Miscellaneous Career Advice

As the title suggests, this final installment of this series may seem a bit disjointed. Regardless, there are plenty of good bits of wisdom contained in the following posts:
  1. Antidotes to envy
  2. What is hard work really worth?
  3. How to strangle organizational communication
  4. 3 Reasons To Skip Getting Your MBA
  5. Procrastination: THE Results Killer!
  6. The Pitfalls of Emotional Reasoning
  7. The Five Dimensions of Effective Apology
  8. Leadership Scruples: What Would You Do? 20 Ethical Dilemmas for Leaders
  9. Stressed at Work, Absent at Home -- And Failing at Both
  10. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
  11. 7 Steps to Boost Your Leadership Self-Confidence
  12. Career Improvisation
  13. 10 Ways to Intensify Your Managerial Results
  14. Management Lessons
Posted by Etienne Laliberté at 1:22 am No comments:
Labels: career advice, civil service, Contrarian Thinking, Etienne Laliberté, PS Renewal, public service of Canada, Public Service Renewal

Friday, February 27, 2009

Career Advice, Part 5: Self-Development

Big post today, and perhaps the most important of this series on "career advice" (and once again, 23 article recommendations - like Michael Jordan's jersey number... Coïcidence?):
  1. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
  2. Why Do We Keep Making the Same Mistakes?
  3. The Eight Most Common Reasons Why People Fail
  4. Growth: Moving to the Next Level
  5. Leaders think differently…
  6. Leadership Development Questions
  7. Our Strengths Are Not to Be Indulged, But Managed
  8. On Learning From Mistakes
  9. Top Ten Daily Habits for Developing the Art of Leadership
  10. Why Do Seemingly Smart People Make Such Blunders?
  11. Herb Kelleher: My Best Lesson in Leadership
  12. Dealing with rejection
  13. Use Balance to Help Overcome Your Fears
  14. Security is an Illusion
  15. The one you feed
  16. Five Questions That Can Save You From Messing Up
  17. I Think, Therefore I Am . . . or Maybe Not
  18. Searching For The Ego’s Magic Pill
  19. Resilience: How to Build a Personal Strategy for Survival
  20. The Secret to Coping Better With Bad Times
  21. To Lead, Let Go of the Past
  22. What Will You Regret?
  23. Choices versus Obligations
Posted by Etienne Laliberté at 1:37 am No comments:
Labels: career advice, civil service, Contrarian Thinking, Etienne Laliberté, PS Renewal, public service of Canada, Public Service Renewal

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Career Advice, Part 4: Managing the Boss

A hot topic for today:
  1. Ten Things You Need to Know About Your New Boss or Leader
  2. Warning Signs About Your Future Boss: A Checklist
  3. An ode to the bad managers of my past
  4. When Your Boss Is Out of Control
  5. Neutralize Your Toxic Boss
  6. Managing Your Bad Boss
  7. How to manage your boss
  8. Help for those who hate their boss
  9. NHS Trusts Poor Management Practice
  10. What to Do When Team Trust is All But Gone
  11. Do You Put Up With Living in More-or-Less Comfortable Misery?
And in case you missed it: People Join Organizations, but Leave Their Managers
Posted by Etienne Laliberté at 12:47 am No comments:
Labels: career advice, civil service, Contrarian Thinking, Etienne Laliberté, management, managers, PS Renewal, public service of Canada, Public Service Renewal
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