How you can overcome imposter syndrome | Exceed expectations to get noticed by management | Workplace friendships can help boost your performance
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How you can overcome imposter syndrome
How you can overcome imposter syndrome
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Many successful people, including Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, have confessed to experiencing feelings of insecurity associated with imposter syndrome, Stephanie Vozza writes. To fight imposter syndrome, identify your strengths and deconstruct "I should" statements that lead to unreasonably high expectations of yourself.
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Exceed expectations to get noticed by management
The best way to get noticed by company leaders is to find out how your boss defines success and surpass those expectations, according to Performance ReNEW Chief Consultant Natasha Bowman. Take the opportunity to work on projects outside of your job description whenever possible, adds career coach Foram Soni Sheth.
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7 Helpful Tips to Get Your Business in Shape
Ever feel like it takes too long to do something that should be simple? Or feel like your work processes just have way too many steps? Don't worry – help is here. Read this whitepaper to discover how you can improve your efficiency at work.
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Making the Connection
Workplace friendships can help boost your performance
While many professionals in the US tend to avoid developing friendships with coworkers, those who do are likely to perform better, write Emma Seppala and Marissa King. While work friendships can be challenging and sometimes difficult to maintain, they also help satisfy the basic human need for social connection.
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The Ultimate Guide to Employee Recognition
Want to learn how to create a meaningful strategy that will yield higher levels of employee retention and engagement? Read "The Ultimate Guide to Employee Recognition" to learn about the case for employee recognition, how to secure management buy in, how to create a recognition program road map and implement a program.
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The Landscape
US has record 6.2M job openings employers struggle to fill
US has record 6.2M job openings employers struggle to fill
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Employers have 6.2 million job vacancies, the most in the Labor Department's tracking history. However, 7 million people are unemployed; low wages and lack of qualifications are keeping positions open, with workers and employers disagreeing on which side should give more.
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Your Next Challenge
Leave photos for social media profiles, not resumes
Your photo may be a necessary component of your social media profiles, but it isn't a worthy inclusion on your resume, writes Oliver Staley. Resumes containing photos are often seen as strange and can trigger unconscious bias in hiring managers, he warns.
Quartz (8/9) 
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Balancing Yourself
Guilt keeps many from finding work-life balance
If you're having trouble finding the right balance between work and the rest of your life, guilt is likely standing in your way, writes Dr. Patty Ann Tublin. To eliminate guilt, create boundaries to keep yourself from working when you're at home and adopt the same focus when you're at work so you can be more productive, Tublin writes.
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The Water Cooler
Patagotitan may have been the largest dinosaur of all
At 122 feet long and almost 70 tons, the Patagotitan may have been the largest dinosaur of all, according to some scientists. The plant-eating dinosaur's bones were first discovered in Patagonia in 2014, and over 150 Patagotitan fossils have been recovered since then.
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