Entries by First Sun Team

Your #Career : 5 Crazy Reasons You Could Get Fired…Whether you’re the Best Employee in the Office or the Worst, There has Likely been a Time — Even if Only for a Moment — That you’ve Thought About your Losing your Job.

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This List of Crazy Reasons People have Lost their Jobs contains ATypical Reasons: These Terminated Employees Broke Rules that you Wouldn’t Necessarily Find in a Traditional Employee Handbook or Code of Conduct. Show up to your job on time, always turn in your best work, and be a team player — these are all characteristics of […]

#Leadership : How To Manage People Who Are Older Or Have More Expertise Than You…Here’s What you Need to Know When it Comes to Managing People Who are Older or Have More Expertise than You.

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You were just Promoted into a Management Position or Asked to Lead a Project Team – and You’re the Youngest Person in the Group. Here’s what you need to know when it comes to managing people who are older or have more expertise than you.   When I began my career in the sales operations department […]

#Strategy : How to Find Someone’s Work Email Using Just their Name … Automated the Process of Hunting for Someone’s corporate Email with a Nifty New Chrome Extension Built on Top of Gmail.

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If you’ve ever tried to figure out what someone’s work email address might be — knowing only their name — you know how frustrating it can be. “First initial plus last name” is a safe bet, but it’s not always right.   But now developer Oleg Campbell has automated the process of hunting for someone’s corporate email […]

#Leadership : A CEO Shares the Letter he Sends to Every Job Candidate before Making an Offer…You are Receiving this Letter Because we Believe You are the Right Person to Lead our Much-Needed Growth at this Important Stage of our Organization, & We are Honored you are Considering Joining the Possible team.

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A few years ago, I Read a Letter a Social Entrepreneur Sent to Every Candidate Before he Made an Offer. It had a profound impact on me even as someone who wasn’t considering joining his team, so we started the practice at Possible.   Mark Arnoldy, CEO of Possible. I wanted to share the letter we […]

#Leadership : Are You A Leader Or A Follower?…Leadership is the Art of Persuasion—The Act of Motivating People to Do More than They ever Thought Possible in Pursuit of a Greater Good.

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It has Nothing to Do with your Title. It has Nothing to Do with Authority or Seniority. You’re not a Leader just Because you Have People Reporting to You. And you don’t suddenly become a leader once you reach a certain pay grade. A true leader influences others to be their best. Leadership is about social influence, not […]

#Leadership : How Servant Leaders ‘Fill The Gap’…Leadership Is a byproduct of Serving Others; It’s the Intangible Value you Create in Others Who Don’t Even Realize They’re Being Led.

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To Fill the Gap Means to Serve Others Before Serving Oneself. Servant Leaders Recognize that Enabling Others Serves the Betterment of the Team while also Building Oneself. To fill the gap is to serve a purpose. What gap will you fill today?   Image credit: Hamed Saber on Flickr Last week, August 6th, was the fifth anniversary of […]

#Strategy : 11 Easy Ways to Boost your Willpower & Concentration…There are Dozens of Ways to Filter Out Distractions & Improve your Ability to Concentrate for Extended Periods of Time.

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Few things are more frustrating than knowing you need to finish a project and absolutely not being able to focus on it. In these moments, everything — email, Facebook, tying your shoe — seems more exciting than the task at hand. Avoid the siren call of email and Facebook. Fortunately, there are dozens of ways […]

#Leadership : 3 Pitfalls Of Remote Work That You Probably Aren’t Thinking About…Ask yourself a Few Key Questions to Suss Out Whether a Home Office makes More Career Sense than an Open-Concept Office.

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Before you Decide to Accept a Remote Role or To Take Advantage of your Company’s New Work-from-Anywhere Policy, it Makes Sense to Ask yourself a Few Key Questions to Suss Out Whether a Home Office makes More Career Sense than an Open-Concept Office. You know the conventional wisdom about having a dedicated workspace and avoiding taking […]

#Strategy : 3 Ways The Internet of Things Will Change Every Business…Have you Entered the Internet of Things Yet? If you Have a FitBit or other Activity Tracker(alarms, thermostat,lights, etc.) that Talks to your Smartphone, you Have.

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Have you entered the Internet of Things yet?  If you have a FitBit or other activity tracker that talks to your smartphone, you have. If you have a thermostat, alarm system, or lights in your home that you can control with your computer or phone, you have. The line of Fitbit Internet-enabled products (Photo by […]