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The Value of Mentorship: Creating Opportunities for People of Color

Illustrated by Marian Blair

Mentoring can play a crucial role in our professional success, and this is especially true for people of color. Due to the disparity in diversity of representation within leadership combined with a lack of access to …

By Dr. Waajida L. Small - Idealist Careers
Idealist Careers
Idealist Careers | Helping you land, love, and grow in your social-impact career. And visit Idealist.org explore thousands of great jobs and social-impact organizations near you.
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What Interviewers Really Want to Hear When They Ask “What Can You Bring to the Company?”

“What can you bring to the company?” is an interview question that cuts to the core of what you’re doing in any job interview. The goal is simple: convince your interviewer that they want you to work there. And why …

By Regina Borsellino - The Muse
The Muse
Expert advice to answer your career questions.
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6 Ways To Build Business Relationships Through Communication

For entrepreneurs, building relationships is essential for long-term growth, profitability, and sustainability. And to build relationships—with customers, employees, vendors, and investors—good communication is key. So here are six tips on how to communicate better to improve your business partnerships.

1. Overcommunicate

This sounds like …

By Eric Porat - Firsthand
Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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The Dark Side of Productivity

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that productivity is a main goal of our current era. There are few things that feel quite so good as a productive day, and companies and individuals alike spend a lot of …

By Kaitlin McManus - Firsthand
Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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Networking While Remote | How Professionals of Color Can Stay Connected During the Pandemic

You may have heard at least one of these sayings throughout the course of your career: “It isn’t what you know but who you know” and “Your network is your net worth.”

Ring any bells? Having access to the right …

By Dr. Waajida L. Small - Idealist Careers
Idealist Careers
Idealist Careers | Helping you land, love, and grow in your social-impact career. And visit Idealist.org explore thousands of great jobs and social-impact organizations near you.
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Leadership Upskilling in a Zoom Economy

Bonnie Hagemann
The world of work has changed—most likely for good—and if you’re a leader, you have to change with it. This…

The Surprising Upside of Procrastination

Macmillan Publishers
We often groan about procrastination as though it’s a problem we have to fix. But what if procrastinating offers some…

Project Manager Burnout: Recognizing, Disrupting, and Reversing

Ruth Pearce
As more and more people reevaluate their life balance (often misleadingly referred to as work-life balance), the issue of burnout…

Build Your Creative Capacity as a Leader

Natalie Nixon
Did you know that you can apply your soft skills as a creative to be a better leader? In today’s…

Resilience as a Path to Happiness at Work

genConnectU
Among the many consequences of the global pandemic was the physical and psychological toll it took on many of us.…

Managing Projects with Microsoft 365

Christine Matheney
As a project manager, you likely know the importance of being able to stay on top of every last thing—and…

Developing Assertive Leadership

Madecraft
Being an assertive leader unlocks the ability to express yourself freely while improving the function of your team. In this…

Creating a Program Strategy

Claudine Peet
Programs benefit from a vision statement, but vision statements are commonly mistaken for mission statements. This course provides information on…

Working with High-Conflict People as a Manager

Marlene Chism
View Marlene’s LinkedIn Newsletter Managers need to work with all types of people, even those considered to be difficult or…

Be More Productive: Take Small Steps, Have Big Goals

Big Think
Want to be more productive? Researchers tell us it’s the small stuff that leads to big changes over time. Learn…

Workplace Visualization

Gemba Academy
Explore workplace visualization: a critical aspect of lean management. Learn how to bring the concept of visuality to the workplace…

Graphic Facilitation for Productive Team Meetings

Nevada Lane
Explore how to use graphic facilitation to make your team meetings more engaging, memorable, and effective. Graphic facilitators use large,…

Learning SAP SD (Sales and Distribution)

Justin Valley
SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)—a key module in SAP ERP— stores customer and product data for selling, shipping, and billing.…

Time Management Tips: Following Through

Dave Crenshaw
Failing to follow through on commitments can put you behind at work and tarnish your reputation. In this installment of…

What Is Scrum?

Kelley O'Connell
Get a simple answer to a common project management question: What is scrum? This course provides a short, fast-paced introduction…

Collaborating on Video Projects with Frame.io

Nick Harauz
If you’re involved in post-production, you’ll know how valuable time is. Review and collaboration are essential parts of the process…

Making Better Decisions by Thinking in Bets

Pete Mockaitis | How to Be Awesome at Your Job
Learn to make better, more informed decisions in an unpredictable world. In this course, adapted from the popular podcast How…

Introducing the PMBOK® Guide—Seventh Edition

Cyndi Snyder Dionisio
Every four to five years, the PMBOK® Guide is updated to reflect fresh perspectives and approaches. The PMBOK® Guide –…

Communication within Teams

Daisy Lovelace
Communication is an integral part of strong teamwork. In this course, Duke University professor Dr. Daisy Lovelace walks you through…

Essentials of Team Collaboration

Dana Brownlee
The best teams don’t wait for someone to tell them what to do. Instead, they work together to set themselves…

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