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Google and Facebook, each in their own way, have revolutionized the delivery of advertising based on search and social networking, creating a sort of anti-Spam: targeted, relevant ads that a consumer might actually welcome rather than spurn. (Marcus Buckingham)
Emphasize your strengths on your resume, in your cover letters and in your interviews. It may sound obvious, but you'd be surprised how many people simply list everything they've ever done. Convey your passion and link your strengths to measurable results. Employers and interviewers love concrete data. View quote
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Americans just love convening. They are a convention-happy country and they love to get together to talk. View quote
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I think a good business book has one coherent idea that is richly played out. View quote
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I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a complete fool of myself and be unable to go on. View quote
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You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a CEO who has much of a clue about the strength of that culture. View quote
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Women have lives that become increasingly empty. They're doing more and feeling less. View quote
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When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. View quote
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Every company wants to know how to find and keep highly talented women in the workplace. View quote
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American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important. View quote
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Gen Y is really quite distinct from Gen X; it's really self-involved and very narcissistic - their cameras are filled with pictures of themselves; Facebook, it's about me. It's a generation that's been pampered by their parents and their schools, given prizes for just taking part. (Marcus Buckingham)
We need to say goodbye to the traditional methodologies of corporate universities. View quote
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CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized, predictable. Stamping out variance makes a complex job a bit less complex. View quote
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The best way to find out whether you're on the right path? Stop looking at the path. View quote
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Life's tricky for women because they have to make more choices than men. And yes, choice is good, but boy, you better be an expert choice-maker. View quote
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