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October 27, 2011
Vol. 13, Issue 17
Stripes
Stripes

Books Authored
by Joel Garfinkle

Getting Ahead
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Executive Presence
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Get Paid What You're Worth
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Land Your Dream Job
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Love Your Work
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Time Management
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Find a Job in 14 Days
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getting ahead

Take Charge of Your Professional Development
Tips for helping yourself grow, even without your company's support. It's easy to get complacent about professional development when you're employed. If you already have a job, why should you go above and beyond to improve your skills, especially if it's not required by your company? Making an effort to help yourself grow professionally will help you succeed, both in the short term and in the long term.

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John Sculley on Apple's Jobs and the Experience of a Lifetime
In 1983, when John Sculley was 43, he had a choice. He could remain head of Pepsi-Cola Co. and jockey with several other executives to be named successor to then-PepsiCo Chief Executive Donald Kendall in a typical corporate executive shootout. Or, as Apple's Steve Jobs put it to him then, he could give up selling "sugar water" and "come with me and change the world."
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getting ahead
2011 Salary Negotiation Tactics
Experts offer key pointers on approaching the subject of salary as the economy evolves in 2011. If you're looking for a raise at your current gig, or hoping to get more out of a salary negotiation with a new employer, you may have more leverage in 2011 than 2010 and the preceding two years.
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Articles for your websites, newsletters, blogs and publications
» Executive Professionals: Leadership, Advancement & Productivity 
» Dream Job: Define it, Land it, Live it 
» Job Hunters: Resume, Network, Interview Negotiate 

"Give up selling "sugar water" and "come with me and change the world."
~ Steve Jobs

"A Leader Has To Appear Consistent. That Doesn't Mean He Has To Be Consistent."
~ James Callahan

"Contrary To The Opinion Of Many People, Leaders Are Not Born. Leaders Are Made, And They Are Made By Effort And Hard Work."
~ Vince Lombardi

5 Tips to Establish Yourself as a Strong Leader at Your New Job

Encouragement Is Key. If you are being forced to lay off employees, you need to keep your surviving employees motivated before, during, and after the layoffs.

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Recommended Resources
Up, Down, or Sideways: What You Must Always Do to Succeed When Times Are Good, Bad, or in Between by Mark Sanborn

In Up, Down, or Sideways, Mark Sanborn, author of the bestselling book The Fred Factor, prepares you for life's inevitable cycles of up and down-and, too often, sideways. In this book, Mark shows us what we should always be doing to be prepared for these cycles and events in our lives in order to make the most of them.

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