Entries by First Sun Team

Strategy: Why this Google Exec would Always Keeps 200 Random Resumes Lying around his Office…Former Exec used to Keep the resumes of 200 Current Googlers Lying around his Office

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Google values and invests in its employees.  It provides resources like free meals and in-house dry cleaning to save their time and improve their health and productivity. Jonathan Rosenberg. It “defaults to open,” to prove it trusts employees, and encourages them to work on projects they feel passionate about. By investing in employees and giving them mission-driven […]

Your Career: 7 Dangerous Assumptions That Derail The Older #Job Seeker…Job Search is Different for the Older Job Seeker, & Stereotypes do Exist.

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Donna asks: How do you get taken seriously when you’re job hunting in your mid-60’s? Calita asks: How do I find a fulfilling job? I am 53. Nancy asks: How does one find work/jobs for people over 40 who are labeled overqualified but under-experienced in their field?  I host a monthly radio show to answer […]

Strategy: 3 Smart Ways To Regain Your Focus…When do you Tend to get Distracted? Ever Notice when you End up Browsing the Internet with No Particular Purpose in Mind?

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Working in a focused way can greatly boost our productivity.  It also helps us stay calm, as we tackle tasks with our full attention rather than flitting from thing to thing. Here are some ways to regain your focus and combat distractions. 1- List it Lists help because we don’t have to keep everything in […]

#Leadership: 3 Success Traits Women Can Learn from Men…Men Brush off Criticism more Easily than Women — & We can Learn from Them by Doing the Same.

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Women are still not equally represented in the most senior leadership and executive roles in business. And one key question remains: Why? First, consider the facts, provided by Judith Warner, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a columnist for Time.com. Although they hold […]

#Strategy: Here’s How to Win Any Argument…Attacking Someone’s Idea Puts them into a Fight-or-Flight Mode. Once on the Edge, there is No Way Getting Through to Them

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It’s easy for a calm debate to turn ugly. When this happens, it’s almost impossible to persuade your opponent. We created an infographic  of the most successful tactics to help you get your point across in a courteous and educated way. Like this Article ??  Share it !   First Sun Consulting, LLC- Outplacement/Executive Coaching Services, […]

#Strategy:10 Ways Mobility Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing…The Net Result is Greater Communication, Collaboration & Responsiveness to Customer-Driven Deadlines & Delivery Dates than has been Possible Before.

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81% of CEOs see mobile technologies as being strategically important for their enterprises.  The top three technology priorities of industrial manufacturing CEOs are mobility (73%), cybersecurity (72%) and data mining and analysis (70%). [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” […]

#Leadership: 5 Ways To Make Your Teams More Engaged & Productive…By Following the Jeff Bezos “Two Pizza Rule” Organizations are Able to make Sure that Bureaucracy is Kept to a Minimum.

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This is part 2 of a post I wrote last week called “Why Smaller Teams Are Better Than Larges Ones.” In the first post I explored several concepts and research studies which all point to why smaller teams are more effective than larger ones.   I touched on the Ringelmann Effect, Social Loafing, and Relational […]

#Leadership: The 3 People that Stand in the Way of a Productive Meeting…From the Person who Kills Every Idea to the One that won’t Stop Talking, here’s How to Keep People from Standing in the Way of Progress.

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It’s 7 a.m. and you see a 10 a.m. meeting on your schedule. Are you excited? Annoyed? Dreading it already? If you’re like 46% of Americans, you’d probably rather have any other unpleasant activity in that time slot according to a survey by project management software company Clarizen. But why? Is it because meetings are […]

#Leadership: 18 Reasons Why You Need Every Employee Using #LinkedIn Every Day…What Does this Add up to? The Organizations that Build Comprehensive LinkedIn Programs, Engaging all their People in the Platform, Will have a Tremendous Competitive Advantage.

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Corporations are finally waking up to the fact that they need to engage all their people in social media. The impact of social media on a company’s brand is monumental, and it affects everyone throughout your organization – from the entry-level millennials you just hired to your CEO. But where do you start? I say […]

#Leadership: What Leaders Can Learn from a Long Run…Hiding your Shortcomings is Virtually Impossible in Long-Distance Running.

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With the 2015 Boston Marathon coming Monday, the world’s attention will be on the 30,000 runners as they endure the highs and lows of running 26.2 miles. Runners leave the start line in last year’s Boston Marathon.Associated Press Hiding your shortcomings is virtually impossible in long-distance running. More than in any other athletic endeavor, a […]