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Information and insight
about your career and the workplace at large
November 2006
News and Views
Imagine you are in a "New World" workplace,
one managed with "the aloha" of
a great manager. There, you would find a boss whose intention
is to be your learning coach and mentor. How would you recognize
that person?
Find out
Do you travel regularly to conferences
and meet-ups?
Then check out Lifehack.org for a
ready-made list of what not to forget.
Details
Looking to relocate
as you mentor yourself to another destination on your career
lattice? Now there's a Web site that helps you decide where
to look for your next position. Based on your answers to a
brief (10-minute) quiz, the site suggests 24 places you might
enjoy living, and where to go for additional information
about each place. You can even bookmark the quiz results.
Go there
Toolbox
Web content management system
del.icio.us
is popping up everywhere I look
—on blogs, in online newspapers—and now someone's discovered
how to use it for managing contacts.
What he does
Blog Entry
The Case for Personal Sustainability How sustainable is your work ethic?
Read this, and see what you think.
Coming Up
Cross-Posting: Writing Retreat
Write Time, Write Place, Write Now
Royal Rose Inn B & B, Rehoboth, DE. Hold these dates: March 2 - 4, 2007.
One of the greatest
thrills in my career was achieving a dream: having two books published. Maybe you have a similar dream, but have been putting
off getting started. So take action—get away and get writing by attending my upcoming writing retreat. If you'd like to join
my mailing list and be among the first to get the details,
email me.
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