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Monday, November 20, 2006
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VOLUME 3
ISSUE 135
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November WorldWIT Website Columns
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Speak and Be Heard
by Robert Flower, PhD
A recent Harvard University study confirms something I have known for a long time: 1 in 6 employees are fearful of speaking up—and 80 percent of these are women. This week's guest columnist, Dr. Robert Flower, tells readers how to raise self-awareness at work and open the channels for increased communication and self-advocacy.
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C'mon Get Happy...About Online Networking
Job-seekers, business-developers, and all sorts of professionals are exploring the fast-growing world of online networking. But how do you plunge into the online networking sphere, and how do you gain value from it? Happy About Online Networking, written by WorldWIT CEO and Founder Liz Ryan, outlines the tools, methods, and protocols of creating and cultivating an online network for global reach, business and personal support, and professional success. From how to introduce yourself to how to disengage from an unproductive networking relationship, Happy About Online Networking covers all the bases. Get your own copy here.
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Ask Liz
How do I politely say no to the influx of holiday fundraisers?
Dear Liz,
As the holiday season approaches I am getting hit up more and more by co-workers selling gift wrap, cookies and popcorn for holiday school fundraisers. I make the amount that I need to live on and I don't have cash left over for stuff like this. How do I politely say, "No thanks?"
Thanks,
Betsy
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Insert Fist in Mouth
Pinch Me...or Don't
I'm currently contracted as the HR Manager at a plant in the northeast for a well-known international food and baking company. I'm the only woman on the leadership team. While at on onsite luncheon with all my co-workers, the plant manager said something very close to: "Do you know what I hate about women managers? They think they have to pound their fists on the table and yell to get their point across!" Everyone at the lunch looked at him in disbelief.
-Sandra, RoseWIT
Have you experienced an unbelievable workplace scenario? Send your true-life Pinch Me...or Don't story to Anne Jennings.
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Liz Ryan for BusinessWeek
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The Third Path
"No one is happy: You're not at ease, and your boss is dismayed. Your manager would love for you to win the lottery and give notice today, but that isn't happening. You've got no real incentive to quit, but neither are you on anyone's short list for Employee of the Year." Does this workplace scenario sound familiar? In her weekly column for BusinessWeek Online, WorldWIT CEO Liz Ryan sheds light on the "third path," a diferent way for unhappy employees and unhappy companies to come together in order to part ways.
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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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