From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 14, 2012 at 8:00 am
Sherrie Haynie, a consultant with CPP, Inc., the publisher of the Myers-Briggs assessment, had this to say regarding introverts:
“Often, introverts describe how they interact ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 10, 2012 at 8:00 am
Did you know that there’s another baby boom on? Since the mid 2000s, the fertility rate in the U.S. has been at its highest since 1971, meaning that the generation preliminarily ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 7, 2012 at 8:00 am
I swear by mentoring as one of the best ways to teach your team members what they need to know to be productive and send the message that you think they’re important and care ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
May 3, 2012 at 8:00 am
While writing my recent book Blind Spots, I had the opportunity to meet Patrick Rodgers. Patrick was a lawyer who had been a notable member of his community since he was ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 30, 2012 at 8:00 am
Corporate America as fun and games? Maybe, now that gamification has come on the scene.
Gamification is defined as the use of game design techniques to engage audiences. ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 27, 2012 at 8:00 am
I recently attended a networking meeting in downtown Chicago, and a mergers & acquisitions attorney told me that his business was booming. It seems that in 2012, consolidation ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 23, 2012 at 8:00 am
There really is a consulting firm for everything.
Engaged Health Solutions provides health and well-being coaching and education to employee populations. The company engages ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 19, 2012 at 8:00 am
I don’t follow baseball.
So I was surprised when I got sucked into a recent Harvard Business School article by Carmen Noble detailing Red Sox general manager Theo ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 16, 2012 at 8:00 am
A virtual team is a group of people who work toward a common goal and are connected by technology though physically separated. Virtual teams scare a lot of people, who have visions ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 13, 2012 at 8:00 am
Whether you’re a small business owner or an employee in a cast of thousands, you may find yourself working overseas at some point.
According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 9, 2012 at 7:00 am
In-person conversational interviews are notoriously ineffective for determining whether a new hire will be a good fit. In many instances, a second interview is needed ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 5, 2012 at 8:00 am
While writing my recent book Blind Spots, I had the opportunity to meet Patrick Rodgers. Patrick was a lawyer who had been a notable member of his community since he was ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 5, 2012 at 7:00 am
1. You asked your co-worker if she was pregnant, and she's not. 2. You asked your boss of eight years if he enjoyed his Christmas, and he had to remind you that he's Jewish. ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
April 2, 2012 at 7:00 am
You know what I've realized in my tenure as a manager? The number one quality I appreciate most in a direct report is reliability. By reliable, I mean a person who says ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 29, 2012 at 7:00 am
A few years ago, I was finishing up a project at the agency where I worked part time. My colleague and I had been working closely with another internal team on this initiative ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 26, 2012 at 7:00 am
You probably already know that I am a huge fan of Pat Lencioni. I first met Pat when I wrote about him in the WSJ in 2009 and have devoured his various fables about executives ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 22, 2012 at 7:00 am
I just called a colleague to ask him to participate in a third-party project I was working on. I wanted him to join so that I‘d have an excuse to spend more time with ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 19, 2012 at 7:00 am
If you’ve bought anything in the last few years, you’ve no doubt noticed that customer service is not what it used to be. Most of us don’t dare pick up the phone ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 15, 2012 at 7:00 am
Whenever you hear something juicy about a colleague, whether it is related to work or not, you have the immediate impulse to share it across the hall. Why?
Frank T. McAndrew ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 12, 2012 at 7:00 am
My good friend Lindsey Pollak recently released a terrific new edition of her well-loved book, Getting from College to Career. In the midst of the craziness of having a ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 8, 2012 at 8:00 am
Many of us manage large projects on a regular basis. No doubt this is one of the more complex and stressful aspects of our jobs, so I’ve asked some of the best PMs I ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 5, 2012 at 8:00 am
A recent Harris poll conducted with Out & Equal and Witeck-Combs Communications indicated that only 35 percent of bisexuals said that they are out to their co-workers compared ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
March 1, 2012 at 8:00 am
Profit sharing is the new black. But one company, software training firm Agile Learning Labs, has taken it to the extreme.
Agile’s six-member team is paid the same share ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
February 27, 2012 at 8:00 am
For some business owners, good culture is everything, and they will pay top dollar for it. Mitch Goldstone is one of those business owners. Goldstone, who is president ... (
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From Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
February 23, 2012 at 8:00 am
Bulbstorm is a marketing startup based in Phoenix with 25 employees that offers a social engagement platform that allows users to create interactive Web experiences. The company’s ... (
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