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Category Archives: management advice
4 Essential Skills for Millennial Leaders
Leaders are in any position – one with given authority or one with influence. Every employee has one or both. This post’s message, however, is written for the Millennial manager who embraces the role of leader.
Millennial leaders are uniquely positioned to show us Gen Xers, Boomers, and even a smattering of employees from the Silent Generation how work gets done in the 21st century.
We just need more Millennials to step up and claim their rightful place as manager leaders. 
Posted in Career Advice, Gen Y, management advice, young professional
Tagged business leadership, gen y, Millennials
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Women in Business: 3 Steps to an “Authentic” Leadership Style
Women face unique challenges as leaders, whether they work in the corporate world or as business owners. There seems to be a large chasm between female leaders who too easily sacrifice authority, and iron-fisted women who never budge once their minds are made up.
Unfortunately, neither approach is effective for long-term leadership.
There are many aspects of leadership, but the core question is this: as strong and capable women, how can we lead without being labeled bossy, b*tchy, or worse?
If you’re struggling to find your authentic style, follow these three steps:
Posted in Career, Career Advice, management advice, young professional
Tagged 3 steps, corporate world, entrepreneurs, leadership style, women in business
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I Have a Degree… But Didn’t Learn Sh*t in College
More and more, we hear a variation of the statement in this headline from recent graduates.
Not that higher education isn’t doing a decent job of teaching traditional subjects in their traditional way – they’re probably doing a no better or worse job than they did 20 or 30 years ago.
Which is the root-cause problem…
Posted in Career Center, career plan, college, Corporate America, higher education, management advice, mentor, workforce, young professional
Tagged CEO, college, higher education, start-up
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Who’s the Boss? The Impact Bosses Make on Your Worklife [Infographic]
In the film “Horrible Bosses,” any resemblance to real or living people may have been purely coincidental, but for many American workers, the portrayal represents a familiar daily reality in the workplace: their bosses are making them miserable. And sick.
So are bosses worth it? A new study suggests that they can make a significant impact on company productivity and through a seemingly simple act: they teach employees useful skills. Their employees may not be particularly motivated by bosses, but they are learning from them—at least from the good ones. This infographic examines the impact of management on workers and how much bosses may actually be worth…
Posted in Career, Career Advice, management advice
Tagged boss, career advice, infographic, worklife
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3 Entrepreneurial Lessons Learned Without a College Degree
Business is a passion for me. Most kids at 18 years old are just entering college, but I was busy starting my first real company.
At the time, I just couldn’t imagine taking two more years of required courses before digging into what I really loved. So I skipped college and sought out mentors to show me the way instead.
Here are three of the best pieces of advice I got along the way to help ensure I’d be a successful entrepreneur:
Social Media: More Valued by Gen Y than Money? [Infographic]
For previous generations, salary was quite often the determining factor in the attractiveness of a job opening. Prospective employees were focused on “getting paid what you’re worth.” Gen Y appears to have broken that mold.
Today, one can picture a typical Gen Y’s internal monologue when reviewing a job offer as something like this: “Salary, okay… benefits, yeah… free lunches, uh-huh… company car, meh… But can I use Facebook at work? I’m in!”…
Posted in Career, Corporate America, management advice, young professional
Tagged Facebook, gen y, gen y in the workplace, infographic, salary, social media
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