Entries by First Sun Team

#Leadership: Why it Pays to Be a Jerk…The Hardest Thing that I Struggle to Explain to People is that being a Giver is Not the Same as Being Nice.

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The distinction that needs to be made is this: Jerks, narcissists, and takers engage in behaviors to satisfy their own ego, not to benefit the group. Disagreeable givers aren’t getting off on being tough; they’re doing it to further a purpose. Smile at the customer. Bake cookies for your colleagues. Sing your subordinates’ praises. Share credit. Listen. […]

#Leadership: How the 10 Highest-Paid Women #CEOs Compare to Their Compare to Their Male Counterparts…The AP & #Executive Compensation Data Firm Equilar Found that, Overall, #Women CEOs Make More Than Male CEOs.

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This week, the Associated Press published a list of the 10 highest-paid chief executives in America, followed by a ranking of the 10 top-paid women CEOs. Unsurprisingly, the first list is all men, with the exception of Yahoo CEOMarissa Mayer, who took the No. 5 spot on that list and the No. 1 spot on […]

#Strategy: 3 Helpful Tips for Dealing With Vexing Chinese #Negotiating Tactics… Sun Tzu: The #Successful [negotiator] Waits Before Charging Headlong into Battle. He Shies Away From an Enemy’s Strength; He Spends his Time Observing /Cultivating Changes in the #Strategic Landscape.

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As a film producer and consultant who works extensively in China, I am often confronted with the vexing challenge of making deals with savvy Chinese negotiators. I have found the advice offered by Steven Dickinson, an attorney with the Seattle-based law firm Harris Moure, to be extremely helpful in confronting the business negotiating tactics that […]

Your #Career: Why A #Resume Should Be A Job Seeker’s Last Resort…If You’re Betting on a Resume to Get you #Hired, You’re Hobbling your #Job #Search Efforts

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“I haven’t used a resume to get a job in at least a decade,” a mid-career executive told me last week. He wasn’t bragging, but noting a fact. At his level, those seeking to recruit him weren’t interested in a stapled piece of paper listing bullet points with action verbs. They wanted to hear him […]

#Leadership: Workforce Planning: The War Room Of #HR…In the War for Top #Talent, #Workforce Planning is the War Room of HR.

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The “War Room” – where once battle strategies, and today business strategies, are formed, tactics devised, and actions monitored. By designating a War Room, a company recognizes that from time to time, it’s necessary to take a step back from the flurry of everyday activity and survey the scene from ten thousand feet. From a […]

Leadership: Shocker: 40% of Workers Now Have ‘Contingent’ Jobs, Says U.S. Government…U.S. General Accounting Office is a Startling Statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. #Workforce is now made up of Contingent Workers—That is, People who Don’t Have what We Traditionally Consider Secure #Jobs.

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Tucked away in the pages of a new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office is a startling statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. workforce is now made up of contingent workers—that is, people who don’t have what we traditionally consider secure jobs. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) There is currently a […]

Your #Career: How to Make a Great Impression during a Phone Interview…#Employers Tell me the Writing is too Casual & that Young Adults also Struggle During Skype & Phone #Interviews

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Hold it right there. Don’t snap a selfie or drop a clever hashtag.  While it’s true millennials are now the largest generation in the workforce, this is no time to celebrate. #iknowimabuzzkill Sorry, couldn’t help myself. After all, our generation loves to write in phrases, abbreviations and clever shorthand.  The style works great for Gchat […]

#Leadership: 20 Books to Read this Summer that will Make you Smarter about Business…Summer is the Perfect Time to Catch up on your Reading, & There are Plenty of Great #Business #Books to Add to your List.

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We’ve picked our favorite recently released and upcoming books that will help enrich your professional life. From the first in-depth biography of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to a neurological explanation of “eureka” moments, these books will make you smarter about business while you’re waiting in the airport or lying on the beach. ‘Elon Musk’ by Ashlee […]

#Leadership: The New Rules of #Work. How to Overthrow your #Boss & Burn your #Company to the Ground….The Old Rules No Longer Apply, So these 3 People are Inventing New

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Work as we have always known it is done. But that doesn’t mean you can stop working. In fact, it’s more than likely that you’re reading this as you take a short break from your job. Maybe it’s 11 p.m.; maybe it’s Saturday. Your work is never done, even though work is. While work as […]