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How to Be a Good Salesperson: The Key Steps to Take

Good sales reps will effectively earn the respect and the ongoing trust of their prospects. Great ones earn their loyalty, admiration, and new referrals. Good reps handle objections skillfully; great ones preemptively surface the concerns and eliminate them.

4 Tips for Maintaining Professional Appearances While Dressing Fashionably in the Work Place

Guest Post by Amy Kline Any and every female go-getter is faced with the challenge of being both assertive and respected; a leader and a team player. Unfortunately, it often is the case that we are judged by our dress first and [...]

Is Your Company Relocating You? How to Plan a Smooth Transition

When working for a company that has multiple locations, relocating employees may be a common occurrence. Some people may volunteer for the new position, while others are requested to go for one reason or another. Going somewhere new is exciting, but moving [...]

How Distance Learning Degrees Boost Career Prospects

The internet has made our lives undeniably easier. For example, 30 years ago it was literally impossible to order a signed copy of Simon & Garfunkel’s Sound of Silence from eBay as you lounged around in your underwear stuffing chips into [...]

Professional Women Still Marginalized

Reports reveal painful truth despite ‘incontrovertible proof’ that women are key to business, economic & societal growth This post is by Michelle Patterson, Founder and President of The California Women's Conference and President and CEO of Women Network. It’s a painful revelation. “At [...]

5 Ways Women in the Private Sector Can Turn the Economy Around
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5 Ways Women in the Private Sector Can Turn the Economy Around

This article is contributed by Michelle Patterson Women are making a powerful difference in business, in today’s economy, and in family life. The adage that there is power in numbers definitely applies. The Bureau of the Census states that women currently outnumber men [...]

Tips on Presenting a Proper Image at Work [Infographic]

Being successful in your career takes a number of different factors. Women have to work hard, be smarter, and strive to prove that they are qualified for whatever jobs they are undertaking. One of the biggest mistakes that women make in the [...]

Here’s how to Conduct Performance Reviews like a Boss (as a first time manager)

Remember when you were invited to the yearly performance review with your manager? Did you like or hate those meetings – if you’re honest with yourself? Since you are the manager now, conducting performance review meetings with your employees is part of [...]

Five Difficult Workplace Types – and How to Get Them to Cooperate

This is a guest post by Judith Orloff . The workplace is filled with difficult personalities--bullies, know-it-alls, rumor mongers... Our fallback reaction when faced with problem people at work is to either assert ourselves or walk swiftly in the other direction. But [...]

5 Rookie Mistakes People Make in Their First Job – and How to Prevent Them

This is a guest post by Vicky Oliver A new study found that 2014 college grads face a challenging job market--and may end up having to take a low-quality job to start with. (Here's the link.) But whether your starter job will [...]

5 Ways a Blog Can Get You Your Dream Job

When blogging first became a thing, bloggers were dismissed as amateurs who used the platform primarily as an outlet for whining. That unfair characterization, of course, has radically changed by now, with countless professionals earning their entire income from blogging, and Fortune [...]

What is the Appropriate Holiday Card Etiquette in Business?

It’s once again the holiday season, and many in the professional world wonder: “Should I send members of my management team some sort of holiday greeting card? If so, is it appropriate to dash off an email with holiday wishes, or is [...]

Using Corporate Philanthropy Programs for Employee Engagement & Retention

“Years of experience and months of research have strengthened our belief that doing well by doing good is more than just a catchy phrase. Corporations that apply rigor to creating effective marketing and corporate social initiatives can help build a better world [...]

3 Solutions to Confrontations in the Workplace

Improving confrontations in the workplace is often a matter of understanding the origins or motivation for each type of confrontation, which often stem from specific circumstances. What causes confrontations? Knowing the target of a given confrontation can often be key to understanding [...]

5 Ways to Become the Brand

Pop culture-celebrated CEO John Scherer, formerly of Video Professor Fame, offers wisdom on how business leaders can become ‘one’ with their brand image. To help other business leaders become an indelibly connected to their own company or product brand, Scherer imparts this [...]

10 Obstacles That Prevent Positive Transformation

This is a guest post by Chris Majer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Human Potential Project Transformative learning is challenging and takes place only through practice, patience, and perseverance. Indeed, these three qualities are the hallmarks of a committed learner. The [...]

4 Reasons Your Career-Specific Training makes you the Best Hire [Infographic]

Success comes to those who are prepared. This statement is valid at any stage in life and more so for career success. Career specific training can give you and edge over other candidates, and that's an essential when you are competing against [...]

4 Ways to Healthy Relationship Boundaries at Work

This is a Guest Post by Van Moody, author of The People Factor. Success in the workplace depends on your ability to relate effectively to people. Research shows that 60-80% of all difficulties in organizations stem from strained relationships between employees, not from [...]

7 Ways to Win Someone’s Trust–without Using Words

Guest Post by Marvin Brown Trust is at the core of every type of human transaction, whether it's in business, family matters, or with a romantic partner. If you want to get hired, you need to inspire trust. If you want to [...]

The Importance of Employee Engagement [Infographic]

A study of over 1500 employees reveals what creates engaged employees, and what key attributes are present within these engaged employees. Some startling employee engagement statistics revealed in this study showed that 29% of the workforce is engaged, 45% are not engaged, [...]

Mastering the Art of Healthy Business Relationships

Let’s face it, business relationships can be tough and some even adversely impact careers and the bottom line. Although relationships are a fundamental aspect of the human experience, our dealings with co-workers and superiors as well as clients and customers are [...]

5 Reasons why Entrepreneurs can be Valuable Employees

Some of the desirable qualities seen in the 21st century job descriptions and requirements are: Self-driven, self starter, works with minimum supervision Innovative, a thinker and a maker A quick learner and a problem solver Excellent communications skills Looking at the above [...]