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• How to Look Like a Workaholic

  Laura Stack, a personal productivity expert over at Divine Caroline , has some great tips for looking like a workaholic without actually being one. Let’s have a look at ways you can sustain a strong reputation while maintaining control over your time. Read More... Posted Friday, September 05, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing, Productivity, Professionalism, Work

• Employees Sent to the Parking Lot?

  I heard a preposterous story about a CEO who arrived at his new company – a medium-sized business with about 100 people in his location – and proceeded to order all of the employees into the parking lot. “You all are to stay out here until further notice,” Read More... Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Personal Marketing, Reviews & Promotions

• 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

• On the Lookout for “Groupthink”

  Continuing my investigation into I/O Psychology, this week I’m reporting on Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis in the 1970s. Groupthink occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because of group pressures. Groups affected by Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Business, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing

• Authenticity at Work

  Rebecca Thorman over at Modite has a great post on prioritizing your authenticity . Says Rebecca: “ I get miffed when others claim to be environmentally concerned, and are blatantly not. Like the people who shop at Whole Foods, and think that gets them Read More... Posted Saturday, September 08, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Discovering Your Passion, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing

• Knock Em Dead Before Your Start Date

  If you’re starting a new job at the beginning of 2007, you might be wondering what you can do to ensure that you get off to a good start. First of all, know that you don’t have to wait until your first day to make a great first impression. In fact, your Read More... Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 6 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing, Work

• Risky Business

  Fortune has an article about Generation X-ers who feel stuck in middle management because the aging Baby Boomers above them won’t retire. According to the piece, if you simply wait around to move up, you’ll never break through that gray ceiling. " If Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:48 PM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing, Troubleshooting Attachment(s): http://allstarz.hollywood.com/tomcruise/risky.jpg