Business & Politics

Ask, Don’t Tell: Ways Power Questions Help Us Build Better Business Relationships

Personal connection, likeability, and trustworthiness are back. They are the new litmus test for doing business. Author and consultant Andrew Sobel says we create these qualities not by knowing the right answers, but by knowing the right questions. Just a few years ago, globalization was in full swing...

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Election of Women to Corporate Boards and Selection of Oscar Nominees: A Thin Line

…And the Oscar goes to… It’s quite a long journey for an individual whose talent leads to gigs in show business, whether as an actor, or actress, or any of the myriad of behind-the-scenes roles required to pull off a quality film production. Yet, each year a slate of individuals stand...

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Take a Chill Pill

The country is abuzz with everything from agreement to outrage about President Obama's recent mandate to include oral contraceptives, birth control devices, abortion, sterilization, and morning-after pills in medical insurance plans. Since the subject is a hot topic, let's take a 'chill pill'...

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Your Time Is Now

Your Time Is Now: Factors Propelling Women to the Top in the Social Revolution and How They Can Take Advantage of Them Despite status quo statistics—women earn 75 percent of what men earn; women hold only 15 percent of C-level positions in the U.S.—and a challenging economy, the almost-constant...

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Dating Co-Workers Survey

Nearly One-in-Five Workers Have Dated Co-Workers At Least Twice During Their Career, Finds Annual CareerBuilder Valentine’s Day Survey --Three-in-ten workers married a person they dated at work-- Looking for love in all the wrong places? Workers are turning to the once ìtabooî office...

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