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I Love Me: Women In The Workplace Can Employ Mindfulness This Valentine’s Day

It’s not selfish, narcissistic, spoiled or just trendy. It’s healthy.

Women in the workplace can use and benefit from mindfulness practices and self-care perhaps more than men, research finds. That may have to do with the propensity for working women—and working mothers especially— to multitask most every hour of the day.

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Parties, Gifts, Celebrations: Do Holidays and The Workplace Mix?

The plot of the newly released, “Office Christmas Party,” starring Jennifer Aniston and Kate McKinnon is apparently a predictable mishmash of outrageous, politically incorrect and illegal antics involving sex, drugs, alcohol and even a reindeer in the bathroom stall. It earned more than $33.3 million in its opening weekend at the box office.

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Thanks For Everything: 5 Reasons Women Leaders Can Be Thankful

On Thanksgiving Day this week, many friends and family members will go around the table or the room and express what has inspired gratitude this year, and give a shout out to what and who makes them feel grateful. Or many will send emails, texts and leave voice mails of gratitude for those in different parts of the world.

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One In A Million: Tips on Standing Out in Search, Rising Up On Career Path

You’re one in a million. Those are not your odds of getting job at Dell, Inc., that is how many job applications the tech giant receives each year.

And while Jennifer Newbill, senior manager in the Global Talent Center of Excellence for the Texas-based international company, does not look at each resume, she is responsible for the experience of every job candidate globally for Dell. She manages the global employment team on candidate attraction, engagement and experience.

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3 Workplace Solutions To Stay Productive In Dog Days of August

August is known to be the least productive month of the year. It is when most people take off for vacation. In countries that guarantee over 30 days paid leave, citizens take off for the entire month and businesses shut down. For those still at the office, it can be relatively slow and difficult to move forward with projects that require the help or expertise of others.

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Loud and Clear: 20+ Ways To Improve Your Public Speaking As Leadership Tool

Fierce public speaking skills enhance the profile of your organization, mission or agenda– as we have witnessed in the past few weeks at both political conventions. Your effectiveness as a speaker can also alter the larger perception of who you are and broaden your reach in a larger public conversation.

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