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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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VOLUME 3
ISSUE 111
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May WorldWIT Website Columns
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Delegating Up! Use Your Emotions to Your Advantage
by M. Nora Klaver, MA, MCC
How do we get our bosses to fulfill their commitments to us? If we change ourselves, then our superiors may shift how they interact with us. How should we change, and what exactly does that mean? Nora Klaver discusses some real-life scenarios and strategies for changing behaviors and creating action. You might think you’ve tried everything, but you might want to think again.
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Which Metrics Matter?
Selling Skills for Non-Salespeople
by Janet Ryan
 You like the idea of using metrics to manage your sales activities, but you don’t know what to count, which activities make the most difference, or how to predict success. Here are some ideas for figuring out which metrics will make the greatest difference to your sales force.
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Newsflash: Women Make Effective Leaders
A newly released international study by a human resources consulting group finds that women business leaders scored highly in the areas of tenacity, persuasiveness, and risk appetite, making them just as equal, if not better, candidates for executive positions. The group's chief executive noted, "If some organisations are still apprehensive over appointing women to top positions, then this study should reassure them once and for all. Top female business leaders are just as effective as their male counterparts." Tell us what you think: Is this a groundbreaking study? Does it reassert the obvious? Will it fall on deaf ears? Let us know what you think about the study and about why only seven of the Fortune 500 companies are headed by a woman.
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Ask Liz
How do I acknowledge time as a SAHM on a resume?
I have a friend who took about 5 years away from the workforce to raise her young children and is now making plans to return to work. She is working on her resume and I wondered if there is a way to reflect that in her resume without leaving a gap of 5 years. She doesn't really want to use a functional resume, but is stuck trying to write a chronological resume. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
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My Aching Head (Of Benefits)!
Pinch Me...Or Don't
I had been having headaches over several weeks and sometimes arrived to work late because of being up the night before due to the headache. Finally one weekend I went to the hospital and they treated me for a sinus headache and gave me two prescriptions for the infection and vicodin for the severe pain. The next morning at work my manager walked into my office and saw my inhaler and a prescription bottle. I told her how I went to the hospital and was given this medication, including the vicodin. I thought I was conveying how I had been a trooper by still coming into work despite the aching pain. Then she asked if she could buy some from me! I said my prescription was a refill and she then offered to buy the refill, saying something about arthritis. Two weeks later she followed me in the hallway to my office, seriously repeating the request! I never gave or sold her any vicodin. And we both worked in the Corporate Department of Human Resources for a very large company where she was the manager of benefits.
-Cheryl
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WorldWIT News
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Design our National Breast Feeding at Work Week Logo!
We're announcing a Logo Design Contest, inviting WorldWIT friends to create a design that will be used in all National Breast Feeding at Work Week (NBFWW) materials and the award itself. We'd love to feature your design on our www.worldwit.org website, in our printed materials, and in the media! The winning design will be used in all NBFWW promotions and the designer will be profiled in our dedicated NBFWW issue of Thinking Aloud. Read more for the design criteria and additional information about the design contest and National Breast Feeding at Work Week.
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Invite a Friend
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Invite a Friend
Visit the WorldWIT Chapters Page and click on 'Invite Friends' on the left navigation bar. You'll be able to enter your colleagues' and friends' email addresses and invite them to join their nearest WorldWIT discussion group. You can use our pre-written message or write your own. Spread the word!
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Contact Info
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Questions? Comments? Write to info@worldwit.org. To submit an article, a question for "Ask Liz" or a story for "Pinch Me...or Don't", send an e-mail to Anne Jennings.
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