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• A Lesson in Good Sportsmanship

  Well, the gymnastics competitions that are my favorite part of the Olympic Games are over. As usual, the events were dogged with controversy. This year, it had mainly to do with the ages and scores of the Chinese gymnasts. In 1997, to counter the increasing Read More... Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, People Skills, Professionalism, News and Politics

• 4 Day Work Week is a Reality in Utah

  According to USA Today , this summer Utah will become what experts say is the first state to institute a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees. Gov. Jon Huntsman, a first-term Republican, says he's making the change to reduce the state's Read More... Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, News and Politics, Work

• You Can't Always Get What You Want

  At the gym, I was thumbing through a new issue of Time Magazine . One of the articles was about college wait-listing. According to Time, the high school class of 2008, 3.4 million strong, is the largest in American history. As such, getting into a first Read More... Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Professionalism, News and Politics, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• The Unbreakable Corporate Ceiling

  The Washington Post reports that most diversity training efforts at American companies are ineffective and even counterproductive in increasing the number of women and minorities in managerial positions. A comprehensive review of 31 years of data from Read More... Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Management, News and Politics

• Likeability Trumps All

  With Iowa behind us and the New Hampshire primary tomorrow, everyone I know who’s remotely interested in politics was tuned in for the Republican and Democratic candidate debates, sponsored by ABC News and Facebook , that took place this weekend. Myself Read More... Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, News and Politics

• Intriguing Career Trends for 2008

  Everyone has been buzzing about the different careers featured in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Careers of 2008 piece. Since I’m going to be doing my fair share of talking about cool jobs come the spring , I thought I would highlight some of the more Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, News and Politics

• Superdads Are Stretched Too

  It’s interesting. You always hear about supermoms trying to do it all, but what about superdads? Here’s what Stephanie Armour at USA Today has to say about this issue: Todd Scott, 32, has two children under age 5. Each workday, he leaves his job at Himmelrich Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Life Balance, Management, Daily Life, News and Politics, Work

• Harsh Realities from Dancing with the Stars

  Okay, I confess. I’ve been hooked on Dancing with the Stars . I started watching this season because over the summer, while on a Southwest Airlines flight from San Francisco to Chicago, I met one of the professional contestants, Mark Ballas . It was especially Read More... Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Current Affairs, Personal Marketing, News and Politics

• 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

• Environmental Preservation a Part of Everyday Business

  Vickie Hann, HR Director at the Hilton Arlington near my old stomping grounds of Washington D.C., contacted me to share the great work her hotel is doing around the Earth Charter , an international people’s treaty for building a just, sustainable and Read More... Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Current Affairs, Business, Daily Life, News and Politics

• Mums the Word on Politics at Work

  Thanks to Lisa Cullen at Time’s Work in Progress blog for pointing out a recent survey by Harris Interactive for The Marlin Company . According to the findings, nearly one out of four (24%) U.S. workers believe their top managers are openly expressing Read More... Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 8:28 PM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, HR Issues, Office Politics, People Skills, News and Politics

• Career Lessons from J.K. Rowling

  Now that " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows " is upon us, Andrew over at Jobacle.com has a really neat post on career lessons we can learn from J.K. Rowling , the most successful author in history. Use Delays to Your Advantage. It was during a four-hour Read More... Posted Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Personal Development, Personal Marketing, News and Politics

• 20-Somethings Need Financial "Aid"

  U.S. News and World Report has reported that the vast majority of young workers are failing to sign up for myriad tax-advantaged accounts, potentially leaving hundreds if not thousands of dollars of benefits on the table. Though the vast majority of eligible Read More... Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, HR Issues, News and Politics

• Napping at Work: A Moot Point?

  This week, the human resources field is abuzz with the news that napping at work can help prevent heart disease. The catalyst? A study just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine , which is being covered in thousands of news outlets, including Read More... Posted Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Business, Daily Life, News and Politics, Work Attachment(s): http://im.rediff.com/getahead/2005/jan/24nap.jpg

• What the Superbowl Says About Organizational Culture

  This past weekend was a city-wide extravaganza in Chicago, as the beloved Bears had not played in a Superbowl since 1986. On Friday, on my way to my downtown office, I noticed that the Blue Line El train my nearly empty – the first evidence that people Read More... Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Current Affairs, News and Politics Attachment(s): http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/tank/nfl2005/Urlacher.jpg