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Competencies -
Interpersonal Competencies
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Written by David Maister
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Most young professionals realize early in their careers that, at some point,
skill in generating business will be an important determinant of their success.
However, many believe that, in the early stages of their career, they do not
have much opportunity to develop these skills.
This could not be further from the truth.
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Blogs -
Blogs
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Written by Bob Sutton
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My
last post on Jeff Pfeffer's next book, What
Were They Thinking? reminded me of Jeff's recent research on how people in
jobs where "time is money" fall into a trap: They start devoting more time
to their jobs, and less time to "unpaid" activities like family, friends, and
leisure.
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Competencies -
Other Competencies
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Written by Warren Reid
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In our experiences covering more than 75 litigation matters involving software and project failure, the same themes, allegations and defenses appear time and time again (see Figure 1). Depending on the specific facts, some arguments are persuasive, others are red herrings. Our experience suggests some high-yield practices for not only preventing project problems, but for winning in court -- should it come to that.
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Competencies -
Interpersonal Competencies
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Written by Andrew Sobel
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"We really don't need a lot of new client relationships,"
the chairman of a large professional services firm recently told me, adding,
"We have a great client base already. There's huge potential to grow and
develop our existing clients." Many companies feel the same way: That there is
a large opportunity to deepen and broaden-to grow-their current clients. But
what is the process by which this occurs? Over the last six months I have
interviewed a number of C-level executives in a variety of Fortune 500
companies, and one of the questions I asked was, "What has characterized the
relationships with outside professional firms, financial institutions, or other
suppliers that have grown steadily over time?" Here are the key
points-reinforced by other feedback I've gotten in many other client
interviews-which these clients have made to me:
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Competencies -
Interpersonal Competencies
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Written by Jim and Michele McCarthy
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Many problems at work can be solved with one simple idea:
Your boss is your best, most important customer.
A huge percentage of the chaos created when working on any team in any institution stems from the broken parts of the relationships between those of higher and lower status in the organization.
Here are some commonplace, poorly informed attitudes and maladapted behaviors that can be observed in almost any corporation...
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Career -
Personal Development
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Written by Andrew Sobel
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Do you ever have the nagging feeling that you don't have
time to really think anymore? You're not alone. A variety of factors have
conspired to rob us of time for reflection about ourselves, our lives, and the
problems and issues that our clients face.
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Humor -
Humor
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Written by Thejendra BS
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Ever wonder what's on the mind of your CTO? Perhaps this is it.
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