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Books To Read If You Are Leader. Being a leader is sometimes tough work. And what makes good leader even better is a desire to learn and self-improve. Broad reading habits are often a defining characteristic of our greatest leaders. Critical requirements for an effective leader are communication, emotional intelligence and organizational effectiveness and reading improves all of them. Whether young or old, experienced or inexperienced, the best way to approach personal and professional development is to always stay in the learning zone. So we’ve compiled a list of 12 books everyone should read to improve their leadership skills and to impress everyone around: 1. Rework: Change the Way You Work Forever by David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried "Although it’s been out a few years, Rework is still one of my favorite business books for employees because it challenges traditional ideas about “corporate America” and helps un-teach bad habits. You can’t be a good leader...

This Is How You Lose Respect At Work Without Realizing It. Even if you are working as a robot and do it flawlessly - there are little things that can drive your colleagues crazy and lowers the level of their respect for you. 1. You Are Constantly Late Punctuality is the politeness of kings - we all know that. And you can be brilliant from head to toe, but if you can't make it on time all the time it might be a reason why your colleagues don't respect you the way you deserve. And it might be not so bad if you're simply late for work, but if you are constantly being late on meetings and everybody has to wait for you to start - it's a surefire way to become someone everyone in the office hates. What To Do Simply, work on your time-management skills. Re-make your schedule and make sure that even if you can't do something on time it doesn't affect anyone but you. 2. You Are 'Glued' To Your Smartphone Checking your smartphone eve...

How to Make a Great First Impression: Tips to Try It takes between few seconds and few minutes to make a first impression. When you meet someone for the first time, they are taking a rapid inventory of your gait, your smile, your handshake, and how you present yourself. As you are making your approach, they are deciding if they can trust you, if you are genuinely nice, if they want to know and work with you--so many questions are answered in those first few critical seconds based on what they see, and how you make them feel. The best way to make a positive first impression, especially in business, is to embrace uncommon common sense. Many entrepreneurs overlook the importance of poise and professionalism. A few common courtesies will help you make a positive impression when you meet someone for the first time. Use these tips to guarantee you’ll make a great first, and lasting, impression — no matter the circumstance. 1. Smile First impressions are formed in 7 seconds. ...

Never Use These 10 Words to Describe Yourself . When someone calls you strong and confident - thats great and you should feel flattered. On the contrary, when someone calls himself strong and confident - it sounds weird. Thats why we've gathered some words that are great when other people use them to describe you--but you should never use them to describe yourself. 1. Humble It is strange to hear someone's bragging about how humble they are. It just doesn’t work. Don’t walk into this unfortunate contradiction and try to talk your way out of it. The more you try to explain this, the more you wear down your interviewer’s trust. Just by saying it, you prove that you are not. 2. Generous Being described as generous is similar to respect, in that it is something you earn, rather than something you can claim for yourself. You may be, but if you are prepared to say it in public then you are not humble (see above). And we value ‘humble’. And we want our ‘generosity’...

Career development: Words That Can Ruin It. Sometimes even a couple of words you say can end your career. In order to help you avoid such mistakes and know when it is better to keep your mouth shut – we’ve collected top 5 most dangerous expressions at the work place. Let’s begin with the most annoying expression for the most employees. 1 . ‘I don’t know’ These words are perhaps the most annoying words any employer ever heard from his employees. It does not matter the situation, the question asked, you should try to avoid these words at all times. When the employer hears these words, he thinks several things – first, that you are incompetent, second - that you are not interested in the job and not able to organize the work on his own. You may be tempted to think of something and start lying just not to show that you do not know. Instead – the only right way is to get out of this situation is to say that you will figure out how to do this task in the next hour/day/two days....

Resume Update In Less Than 30 Minutes. The worst part of the whole job-hunting process is crafting a resume that explains who you are and what you’ve done before any sort of personal introduction. But it doesn’t have to be such a daunting task. Here are seven ways to help you update your resume in less then 30 minutes. 1. STYLE YOUR NAME Your name is your calling card. Make sure it pops with a font that’s heavier and several sizes larger than the main text. Try stacking your first name on top of your last name, using all caps or making one name bolder and/or a different color than the other. Keep the font for your contact information within the same family, but make it smaller and lighter. Centering this section can come across as a bit too conservative, so try aligning left or right, or using a column format. 2. CHANGE THE ORDER Rearrange your resume so your job history is in reverse chronological order, beginning with your present position. Your education comes next, ...

7 Overlooked Habits of Great Leaders You Should Pick Up Most leaders want to be great at what they do, but far too many fall short. Why is that? What do great leaders have that not-so-great ones don’t? There are many different ways of leading, but great leaders have a few important habits that anyone can cultivate in themselves. 1. Listen More Than Speak "Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking." --Bernard Baruch The most successful people don’t use conversations to fuel their self-worth, but rather as a way of learning from another person. Stop talking before others stop listening. The less you say the more interesting and inviting you become. You can always say more but you can never take back. 2. Be Flexible Leaders need to have a flexible and fluid mindset to adapt to changes and new challenges, which is fostered by being open to new perspectives and ways of doing things. If you are managing people, ev...

5 Phrases To Improve Your Leadership Words you are speaking to your team are really powerful. Words have a lasting impact on everyone's lives both for good and for bad. A good leader needs to be aware of the power of their words and be careful not to use them carelessly. Whether you are speaking to your client, motivating your team or simply having a small talk before the meeting or a chatter around the water cooler - you want to make sure you use phrases that are improving your leadership. Luckily for you, we have gathered a couple of such magical-powered phrases that you can use. And it doesn't matter whether you are a vice-president of the company or an HR manager. This 5 phrases will improve your leadership and earn you some respect: 1. "Let Me Write That Down" If there was at least one time you forgot important information or failed to keep your promise - you might want to use this phrase more often. And let's be honest - we all are so busy sometim...

7 Worst Career Advice Ever There is never lack of advice from people who have “been there and done that.”And at the start of your career it's hard to understand which pieces of wisdom are helpful and which will actually do harm. We've asked couple of dozens of people: "What was the worst career advice you have ever received?" and here is a list of the best ones: 1. “Hard work alone equals success" This is far from the truth. There are so many factors that contribute to career success, such as being a team player, having soft skills, and fitting in to the company culture. 2. "Flirt with clients to get cases, sales, and to ‘strengthen’ relationships" You should respect yourself and your clients and never play into this behavior. 3. "If work was meant to be fun, it wouldn't be called work" You should at least like your work to do it well. It doesn't have to be party all the way, but you shouldn't w...

Humber International Entrance Scholarships Last updated: 11 Jul 2016 | Humber College Undergraduate Degree Deadline: 30 Sep 2016/19 May 2017 (annual) Study in: Canada Course starts Jan/Sept 2017 Brief description: Humber offers full and partial renewable tuition scholarships for NEW international undergraduate students beginning classes in January and September 2017. Host Institution(s): Humber College in Toronto, Canada Field of study: Elibible undergraduate programmes offered at the College Target group: International Students Scholarship value/duration: One full tuition scholarship and one $5,000 scholarship are available in January 2017. Two full tuition scholarships and two $5,000 scholarships are available in September 2017. The scholarships will be applied toward the successful students’ tuition fees. The scholarships are renewable but the student must maintain a minimum average of 75% in order to be eligible for renewal. Eligibility: ...