Entries by First Sun Team

Your #Career : 6 Honest Mistakes That Will Get You #Fired …There are So Many Things that can Get Good, Hard-Working People Fired. Honest Mistakes Often carry Hard-Hitting Consequences.

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A recent study from the ePolicy Institute surveyed more than 300 companies and found that a third of them have fired employees for the misuse of company technology. Companies are so worried about employee abuse of technology that 45% of those surveyed admitted that they track employee technology use (some all the way down to […]

#Leadership : 12 Steps to Achieving a Meaningful Change in Your Life…The Secret to Meaningful Change is to Focus All your Energy Not on Recreating the Old, But on Building Something New.

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No matter what you do or what industry you’re in, chances are that your business  is facing some form of change. It may be due to growth, poor performance, a new CEO, an acquisition, or the need to respond to changing market forces. It may take different forms. But sooner or later, change will happen. When it […]

#Leadership : 2 Business School Professors Explain How you Can Become a More Authentic Leader…The Newly Appointed Ask Themselves: Am I Tough Enough? Extroverted Enough? Can I Deal with the Constant Exposure? Faced with this Uncertainty, #Leaders Naturally Look for Models they can Emulate.

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Few transitions test one’s character like moving to a senior leadership role. It’s one thing to gain mastery of a particular function or skillset; it’s quite another to take responsibility for, and earn the respect of, employees from different backgrounds, functions, and cultures. For many leaders, this transition is marked by a period of self-doubt. The […]

#Leadership : Top CHROs Discuss Culture In A Digital World…It’s Important to Begin Planning Today for the Use of Cognitive Computing in Enhancing Workforce Productivity, Reducing Business Risk & Increasing Competitive Advantage.

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Steve Jobs once said, “Simple is harder than complex.” Human resources embodies that mantra where the complexities of behind the curtain data and analytics can yield the simplistic beauty of a great culture. To explore how top companies build winning cultures in a fast-changing digital world, on February 23, 2016 I spoke with these CHROs […]

#Leadership : In Business, Risk Never Goes Away, It Simply Evolves…The Period of Existential #Risk is Where Most Businesses Fail. It takes a Lot of Hard Work, Perseverance, & Luck to Survive.

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One thing I’ve learned along my manager/ entrepreneurial journey is that business is evolutionary. Risk in particular, never really goes away. In just evolves and takes new and different forms. To understand the evolutionary nature of risk is to understand the lifecycle of your business. Good leaders understand the how risk changes and can focus […]

Your #Career : 5 Things I Wish I Knew About My Career When I Was 25…. 5 Things I Wish Someone Would have Told me About my #Career When I was 25.

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Ten years ago I was 25 and just finishing graduate school. At the time I was working in mid-management for a state government agency.  But, like many young professionals today, I was unhappy. I had what I considered a relatively substantial student loan (which is dwarfed by the average student debt young professionals currently face), […]

Your #Career : How to Find a Job Abroad…Finding a #JobAbroad Can be Difficult. However, If you are Experiencing a Time in your life When you can Easily (or even with some effort) get Up & Move to Another Country, Applying for a Job Abroad Might be a Fun Change for You.

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Perhaps you have been pondering a career or job change: Maybe you’re bored, maybe your job isn’t good for your health, or possibly you just want to try something new. While it can be difficult to find a job in America, finding a job in a different country can be difficult in other ways. You […]

#Leadership : 6 Easy Tricks That Will Make You Way More Productive…“Time is What we Want Most, but What we Use Worst.” –William Penn

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When it comes to productivity, we all face the same challenge—there are only 24 hours in a day. Since even the best ideas are worthless until they’re executed, how efficiently you use your time is as important as anything else in business. I’ve become fascinated by productivity secrets because some people seem to have twice […]

Your #Career : 19 Signs your Company Doesn’t Care about You…One of the Biggest Reasons People Leave their Jobs is Because they Feel UnAppreciated.

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“People come to work for more than a paycheck,” says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert, leadership coach, and author of “Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job.” “They want to feel that their contributions are making a difference. If an employer cares about your long-term growth and happiness, you’ll […]