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Mar 22 Do You Ask for Promotions without Listening for the Answer?

Posted at 12:38h in Career Acceleration, Career Success, Communication, Predictable Promotion by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

When your performance evaluation or mid-year update rolls around, you finally let your supervisor know that you would like to be promoted. Then they explain ways for you to win that ticket to the next level of success. But you never really hear their side...

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Mar 15 Work/Life Balance and Climbing the Corporate Lattice

Posted at 13:11h in Career Acceleration, Career Success, Corporate Culture, Work/Life Integration by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

Last month I had the great privilege of hearing several of Deloitte’s HR executives give a presentation about their new career development strategy – which they call the Corporate Lattice. This year Deloitte is ranked #70 on the Fortune 100 “Best Places to Work” list....

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Mar 14 Leading High Potentials into the Brilliant Zone to Play Their Biggest Game

Posted at 12:00h in Executive Presence, Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

  Those who procrastinate in terms of human resource and leadership development will lose ground as more proactive competitors move to the forefront and seize the day to take the lead and score a win. But each of us has a unique potential to shine...

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Mar 08 Sound Bites

Posted at 06:53h in Communication, Executive Presence by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

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Mar 01 12 Leadership Lessons from “The King’s Speech”

Posted at 06:35h in Communication, Leadership, Professional Image by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

The inspiring 2010 Oscar Best Film “The Kings Speech” was based on the true story of the Duke of Windsor struggling to overcome a speech impediment in order to fulfill responsibilities as a great leader. While preparing to assume the throne as King George VI...

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Feb 28 Game Changers: Women Empowering Women for Synergistic Success

Posted at 10:00h in Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

  The newest professional development trend is focused on cultivating women leaders to not only ascend into higher-level positions but also become game changers for their teams, organizations, and industries. I find that many large corporations have established new women’s affinity leadership networks for the...

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Feb 14 Zigzag Your Way to the Top

Posted at 10:00h in Communication, Executive Presence, Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

  In response to the growing number of recent corporate downsizings many large companies have adopted an organizational structure that involves fewer layers and levels of corporate hierarchy than we saw during earlier decades. In order to adapt to these new developments it is important...

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Feb 10 Public Speaking and the Mind-Body Connection

Posted at 15:51h in Brand, Business Etiquette, Communication, Executive Presence, Leadership by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

There is a fascinating article “Who Are You? A Primer on Reading People” in the February 2011 issue of Psychology Today. Columbia University psychologist Dana Carney writes about a phenomenon called “power posing.” She says that using open postures – with arms akimbo and feet...

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Jan 18 Give Your Attitude a Raise and You May Win Your Next Promotion

Posted at 09:20h in Brand, Career Success, Executive Presence, Leadership, Predictable Promotion by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

Emerging leaders can have all the technical skill, educational background, and hands-on job experience to qualify them on paper as the outstanding candidate for a promotion. But resumes don’t run companies, people who can handle pressure with grace and show an exemplary positive attitude do....

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Jan 04 Time for Action: What’s Stopping You from Achieving a Promotion in 2011?

Posted at 11:13h in Career Success, Leadership, Predictable Promotion by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

Even before the big ball dropped in Times Square to celebrate the advent of 2011, the media had been bombarding us for weeks with advice about our New Year’s resolutions. Lose a few pounds. Get back in shape. Kick a bad habit. Spend more quality...

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