Work Life & Environment

Magazine articles on office politics, stress, time management, and the work environment.

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Fast Company August 2005 Kerry J. Sulkowicz	The Corporate Shrink Why are we obsessed with PowerPoint? Because the best presentations are those that evoke a sense of conversation, establishing an emotional connection between speaker and audience.
Fast Company August 2005 Marshall Goldsmith	Turning Those Flabby Abs Into That Sexy Six-Pack If you want to be a better leader, a better professional, or just a better person -- don't kid yourself. To achieve meaningful goals, you'll have to pay the price.
Fast Company August 2005 Marcus Buckingham	The Strong Shall Inherit the Earth Focusing on our strengths is surely our only chance to distinguish ourselves and excel in business and in life.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005	Maybe It Was the TeePee Building Exercise Commonwealth Financial Network was recently named the best place to work in the state of Massachusetts by the Boston Business Journal.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 John Churchill	The Greatest Hits--On the Fidelity Radio Network Mutual fund giant Fidelity recently introduced podcasts for its independent advisors with the hopes that it will give its time-pressed advisors more flexibility in staying current on industry trends.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 John Churchill	Firms to Recruits: Are You Experienced? Across the industry, companies are upgrading training programs to better prepare reps for the growing demands of the job.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 Matt Oechsli	Eight Qualities of High Achievers The industry's focus on high-net-worth clients has been a boon to many advisors, but the high energy focus required to succeed in the high-net-worth game is not always easy to sustain.
U.S. Banker August 2005 Karen Krebsbach	The Long Lonely Battle of David E. Welch A tiny Virginia bank and its former CFO are at the center of controversy raging over the new corporate whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley law. So much for trying to do the right thing.
U.S. Banker August 2005 Michael Dumiak	With the Whistleblower Provision, No One Wins David E. Welch, the former CFO of Virginia's Bank of Floyd, is the first person protected under Sarbanes-Oxley's whistleblower provision. His experience shows that flaws in the law put both the company and the whistleblower at risk.
Job Journal July 31, 2005 Michael Kinsman	All Work and no Play In America, almost a third of the workforce takes seven days or less off a year. The result? Americans are more likely than workers in other parts of the planet to experience world-class burnout.
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