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• At the End of the Day, You Have to Be Yourself

  Last week, I gave a talk on twenty-first century recruitment and retention at the American Society of Training and Development’s annual conference in San Diego. While I was there, I attended a few “train the trainer” sessions on improving your technique Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, People Skills, Professionalism

• Get By With a Little Help from Your Friends

  Although 2008 has been pretty good so far, 2007 was a doozy, and it has taken me a little while to recover. I’ve experienced a crisis of confidence, and only recently started talking to my friends about it. My radio show co-hosts, Christine Hassler and Read More... Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, People Skills, Personal Development, Troubleshooting

• Branding Isn't Everything

  In the blogosphere, we love to throw the term “branding” around. Well, I’ve had almost ten years of marketing communications experience, and branding – what it means and how to do it – has been burned into my brain from a young age. I have been very careful Read More... Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• Caution: Falling Ice

  Chicago has already gotten hit with around eight snowstorms this year. It has also been quite cold, and next to every building you walk past downtown, there is a yellow “Caution: Falling Ice” sign. I understand the purpose of most signs like this. After Read More... Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, People Skills, Professionalism

• The Value of Sharing Stories

  Whenever I speak at a corporation, university, or nonprofit event, I always tell a lot of personal stories. Why? Because I feel that it’s the best way to crystallize the lessons I’ve learned for the audience, and provide examples of practical applications. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Personal Development, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• The Benefits of Being “Out” at Work

  Thanks to Penelope Trunk for sharing a great post from Nina Smith over at Queercents . In recent years, I have met many gay colleagues who felt more comfortable being out of the closet at work, then with, say, their parents. Smith maintains that gays Read More... Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Current Affairs, HR Issues, News and Politics, Work

• Lemons, Lemonade and a Radio Show

  A few days ago, I was scheduled to be on a local NPR radio show with one of my biggest and longstanding influencers, Bruce Tulgan . For those of you who might not know, Bruce is internationally recognized as a leading expert on young people in the workplace Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Business, Mentoring, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Troubleshooting

• Are You Plagued By Relationship Laziness?

  People sometimes ask me how to sustain better relationships with the people in their lives. My #1 suggestion is something that, unfortunately, several people I love fall down on regularly. It’s this: when it comes to your relationship with your co-worker, Read More... Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, People Skills

• Do You Know How to Take a Compliment?

  My husband watches a lot of sports on television, and he usually sticks around for the post-game interviews. He recently noticed a common thread in these conversations. Inevitably, a reporter will be congratulating an athlete on a spectacular play, and Read More... Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication, People Skills

• 12 Ways to Overcome Phone Phobia

  Calling people, especially ones I haven’t spoken to before, is not one of my favorite activities, this advice from Heather Mundell at Life @Work and the bloggers at Hiring Revolution . Heather’s post is dedicated to people who will do just about anything Read More... Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication, Daily Life

• How to Say No and Still Look Good

  The following is an e-mail that came my way this week. Dear Alexandra: I graduated from college last year, so I’m still at the bottom of the totem pole at my company. I have four senior colleagues who delegate work to me, and they have no problem doing Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication, Office Politics, Professionalism, Troubleshooting, Work

• Get Them to Take a Chance on You

  When you interview for a job, your prospective boss wants to know that you have the skills and experience to make a contribution to the organization. But she also wants to know that you’re not a clock-watcher. Clock-watchers are people that expend just Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Job Hunting, Work

• The Secret To Being Happy

  My friends at the Me2 Revolution at Edelman turned me onto this cool blog about happiness . The author, Gretchen Rubin , who is a former lawyer and Supreme Court clerk turned bestselling author, writes about her experiences test-driving every principle, Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, Work

• Tale of the Two-Faced Interviewee

  I still remember the day six months ago when a good friend of mine called me up to tell me about this new junior-level employee she wanted to hire. I had never heard my friend, the director of the tourism division at a global advertising agency, sound Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Business, Office Politics, Professionalism, Work

• Knowledge Sharing Does a Body Good

  Rob over at Business Pundit posted about some interesting research being presented this week at the annual conference at The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Catherine Connelly, assistant professor of human resources & management Read More... Posted Friday, May 12, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication