Entries by First Sun Team

Strategy: The Key To Office Productivity- Get Out Of The Office… I get More Work Done on a 2 Hour Flight than I Do All Day at the Office, Because I’m Not being Interrupted

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Productivity is a big topic these days. In an era of always-on technology and constant interruptions, getting more done in less time is the holy grail. Evidently, the answer is simple: Get out of the office. Don’t panic! There are ways to cut down on interruptions when you’re on deadline. (Photo credit: star5112) Of employees […]

Strategy: 11 lessons from ‘The Art of War’ on Getting Ahead at Work…Who Survives? Those Best Able to Adapt to the Changing Circumstances

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Visualized,” cartoonist Jessica Hagy brings the ancient wisdom of Sun Tzu to a new generation.  The creator of Indexed has updated Tzu’s famous Chinese military book “The Art of War” with original illustrations to explain how to apply his advice to the modern business world. [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=”” […]

Leadership: Less Is More: Why You Don’t Need To Network To Get Big Things Done…The Key to Getting Big Things Done is Not Contacts, it is Connection

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We’ve all heard it a thousand times: when it comes to getting ahead professionally, what matters is “who you know.” This phrase might be helpful to many, but I find it discouraging at best and paralyzing at worst. Having 10,000 contacts in my rolodex will not make me “go viral,” nor will it make me […]

Leadership: 6 Ways Vision Will Inspire Your Employees & Culture…Today, Vision’s has Become a ‘Buzzword’, to the Point Where a Leader with a Real vision can Simply mean Nice Marketing Strategy

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Even as kids, we developed radar on leadership. Consider the classic schoolyard game, Follow the Leader. Everyone has to do exactly what the leader does, or they’re out. Growing up, I remember watching that game dissolve time after time. The leader would start doing scary climbs or huge leaps, and the followers felt put at […]

Leadership: How To Deliver Persuasive Presentations…At least 75% of Your Presentation Should be Dedicated to Developing Your 3 Main Points

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When it comes to persuasive communication, if you wander, you are lost. Too often, presentations fail to deliver results because they don’t follow a clear path to a concrete call to action. [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” center_content=”no” […]

Your Career: How To Use LinkedIn To Advance Your Career…Out of the Dozens of Valuable Career Management Features in LinkedIn, Here are the Ones I Think are the Best

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As you know if you have been reading my posts, LinkedIn has been adding features that make it even more valuable for personal branding. These features make LinkedIn uniquely powerful because the site can now be your exclusive career manager – helping you with virtually all aspects of your career if you use the features […]

Your Career: The Top 10 Jobs That Attract Psychopaths…Everyone I Have Ever Worked with has, at Some Point, Called Another Colleague or Coworker “Crazy”

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Everyone I have ever worked with has, at some point, called another colleague or coworker “crazy.” But does your job actually attract true psychopaths? In the book “The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success,” Kevin Dutton explains that there are jobs that can attract literal psychopaths – […]

Leadership: The No. 1 Thing Holding You Back As A Leader…Servant Leaders are Among the Most Effective & Passionate Leaders Walking the Planet

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Leadership isn’t nearly as complex as people make it out to be, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t hard. The big difference between highly effective leaders and those just playing at leadership is often found in their willingness to do what Doesn’t come Naturally or Instinctively. Real leadership begins in the moment you realize leadership […]

Your Career: 13 Things Successful People do Between Jobs…Suppose You were Just Offered a New Job & the Company is Fairly Flexible with Your Start Date

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Suppose you were just offered a new job and the company is fairly flexible with your start date. How much time should you take, if any, between gigs? And what should you do with that time?   Career and workplace experts suggest taking at least one week off to allow yourself to mentally prepare for this next […]