Juggle multiple projects without dropping the ball | Use email effectively to keep productivity high | How to handle feeling left out at work
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November 9, 2017
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Getting Ahead
Juggle multiple projects without dropping the ball
Juggle multiple projects without dropping the ball
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Professionals must keep an eye on long-term progress when balancing multiple projects, which allows for better time management. Set aside time whenever you're able for uninterrupted work, and focus on each individual task completely until it's finished before moving on, advise Heidi Gardner and Mark Mortensen.
Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (11/7) 
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Use email effectively to keep productivity high
To negate the huge productivity setbacks often caused by email misuse, use more effective methods of communication for group conversations. Try to avoid checking your inbox before the end of the day, and substitute phone calls for emails whenever possible, writes Aine Cain.
Business Insider (11/8) 
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Making the Connection
How to handle feeling left out at work
If you sense you don't fit in with co-workers, ask yourself how much of an effort you really make to communicate during lunch and social events. It can be helpful to observe co-workers as they interact, which often provides clues regarding company culture, said career coach Mary Warriner.
Glassdoor (11/7) 
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The Landscape
Walmart faces another gender-discrimination lawsuit
Walmart faces a new gender-discrimination case filed in a federal court in Florida by a group of female employees. Their suit alleges that Walmart engaged in pay and promotion bias and asks for back pay and damages for lost compensation and benefits.
Bloomberg (free registration) (11/7) 
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Your Next Challenge
Mentally prepare to crush your next interview
Mentally prepare to crush your next interview
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The right mental state can be crucial when it comes to job interviews, especially if you use techniques such as acting like you've already been chosen for the position. Along with a winning mindset, you can use techniques such as mirroring the body language of your interviewer, writes Monica Torres.
Ladders (11/7) 
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Balancing Yourself
Study: Mental health training could benefit companies
Companies that offer four-hour mental health training programs to managers could see cost reductions that provide a 10-to-1 return on training expenses, according to a study conducted in Australia. Training managers to deal with mental health issues can help avoid "the disruption of families through divorce, the loss of jobs and suicide," said John Greden of the University of Michigan Depression Center.
Reuters (11/8) 
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The Water Cooler
NASA holds naming contest for distant world
NASA launched a competition to find a nickname for a tiny object 4 billion miles away. The temporary moniker will make it easier for NASA to refer to 2014 MU69 as the New Horizons spacecraft prepares to travel past the tiny globe.
The Seattle Times (tiered subscription model)/The Associated Press (11/7) 
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