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Marcia Zidle

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How Good An Interviewer Are You? Part 2

Have you ever hired someone who did not live up to expectations? I’m sure many…

Leadership Skills

Work Stress Getting You Down: Here’s How To Get Back Up!

Stressful situations are all too common in a workplace that’s facing budget cuts, staff layoffs,…

Improving Yourself

How Good an Interviewer Are You? Part 1

Have you ever hired someone who did not live up to expectations? Or have you…

Leadership Skills

Moving to a New job or Company? Do It Right!

Don’t say hello to your new job until you say a warm good bye to…

Improving Yourself

Priority Management: Are You Doing the Right Things?

In coaching managers on how to stop working harder and start working smarter, I introduce…

Leadership Skills

Five Career Killers For High Achievers

Why is it so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied than they…

Improving Yourself

Why Is Employee Engagement Important?

Do you manage by walking around? What do you see? People excited about their job…

Leadership Skills

Getting A New Boss: How To Make It Work!

Your old boss is leaving and a new boss is arriving to take his or…

Improving Yourself

The Messiness of Managerial Work

Recently I watched my husband complete a crossword puzzle. He started with four down because…

Leadership Skills

What Is Your Career Orientation?

A career is more than a job, more than a sequence of jobs, more than…

Improving Yourself

Manage Less to Manage Better

If I was a fly on the wall what would I hear your employees say?…

Leadership Skills

Is It Time To SWOT Yourself?

Do you have career ambitions but you’re not sure how to achieve them? Are you…

Improving Yourself

I’m Back: Making a Smooth Return to Work After an Absence

Let’s face it: life happens. We get sick, we care for aging parents, we have…

Improving Yourself

A Disciplined Employee Wants The World to Know!

“I have begun enforcing disciplinary measures on an employee due to her lateness and absenteeism.…

Leadership Skills

Are You Professional? Here’s How to Find Out

We all know that it’s essential to be professional if we want to be successful…

Improving Yourself

Is Employee Turnover Costing You? You Bet It Is!

Turnover is costly – just how costly? Research studies have shown that the cost of…

Leadership Skills