Those of you who understand the skills that I’ve written about  should immediately recognize how  two of those skills, connecting and visibility, could be used to your advantage this holiday season.  Let’s face it, few of us seem to have enough hours in a day to get done what we need to get done, let [...]

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If you didn’t have a chance to see the USA Today article yesterday about job satisfaction, please visit www.brownnosingonline.com and click on my reading suggestion link in the upper left hand corner.  I find it to be a sad state of affairs that people spend so much of their lives doing things that don’t make their [...]

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Everyone needs a promotion PR plan.  Have YOU identified those people in your organization and industry who may have influence over the path your career takes?  Once you have done this, the next step in this process is to identify your objectives.  What do you want?  Do you want new job? A promotion?  A raise?  A [...]

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Today, I've got a quick tip for you to help you understand the power and the tools you have at your disposal when trying to outmaneuver brownnosers at work. 
The other night I watched a finance class talk about assets and how they are used to help a company make money.  Hum, I thought.  When [...]

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Over the weekend I heard a story on our local public radio station that cracked me up. Apparently there was some guy in the city who was running for office in his precinct but having trouble getting the required number of signatures necessary to eliminate the hefty filing fee. So, because HE is having trouble he decided [...]

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While reviewing the key words that people search to find this site, I discoverd that the phrase 'beat brown-nosers' comes up quite frequently. I find this interesting because it says that people perceive Brown-nosers to be some sort of a threat; otherwise why bother trying to beat them at anything?
My thoughts on this are very [...]

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Those of you who know me know that I'm a cancer survivor — three years and counting.  These past couple of weeks have been my semi-annual round of appointments — MRIs, oncologist appointments, follow up visits with the surgeon —- along with the some additional ultra sounds and a visit with the dermatologist.
I was sitting [...]

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