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Overqualified and underchallenged? Here’s how to make it work

Fast Company Tech

This stint began in fifth year, so we were reasonably knowledgeable by then. More than anything, I learned a few profoundly valuable life lessons! I always encourage women to go beyond their job descriptionwhether it’s mentoring colleagues, optimizing processes, or taking initiative on projects. Then, share your knowledge.

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15 steps to launch your own startup, part 5: Mentors, preparing for change, and being nice

The Next Web

Find advisors and mentors to build your business. Throughout this series I’ve mentioned a couple of times that I’m lucky to have mentors and advisors on my side, helping me to define a strategy for building 6Wunderkinder and Wunderlist. Together, they allowed us to start this company in a big way – they were investors and mentors.

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8 data lessons from my Tableau internship

Tableau

As I recently finished my internship at Tableau, I connected with other interns at Tableau and Mulesoft—both Salesforce companies—to talk about our experiences, and share our top lessons we learned in growing our data skills and bridging the gap from our academic and workforce experiences. Lesson #1: Build on the basics. Sravya Balasa.

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8 data lessons from my Tableau internship

Tableau

As I recently finished my internship at Tableau, I connected with other interns at Tableau and Mulesoft—both Salesforce companies—to talk about our experiences, and share our top lessons we learned in growing our data skills and bridging the gap from our academic and workforce experiences. Lesson #1: Build on the basics . Nadia Khan.

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3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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2024 Blue Avocado Year in Review

Blue Avocado

The Most-Read New Articles of 2024 Here are the three most popular articles of the year: Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board Board dysfunction often starts with lack of accountability and clear expectations of what it means to be accountable for a nonprofits success. Hindsight is always 20/20!

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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

.orgSource

What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101? Career coaches and mentors are great. Begin with yourself. Be the change. Walk the talk—right? It sounds simple. But it’s the assignment that’s easiest to fail. Because you might not know yourself as well as you think. And, without self-awareness, it’s impossible to be a role model for others.

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