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Blam! Maximum Success

BY Jill RosenfeldWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:24 AM

James Waldroop and Timothy Butler, directors of the career center at Harvard Business School, have identified the character traits that get in the way of success.READ»

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Want to Grow as a Leader? Get a Mentor!

BY Jennifer ReingoldWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:23 AM

Even top executives need mentors -- and sometimes the best mentors work elsewhere.READ»

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No Business Like Show Business

BY Amy Wilson SheldonWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:23 AM

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Dr. Brilliant Vs. the Devil of Ambition

BY Harriet RubinWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM

If baby boomers had their own Faust, he'd be Larry Brilliant, a man who's found himself at the center of almost every defining moment of his generation. His biggest battle: taming the devil of ambition.READ»

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Living Dangerously - Issue 38

BY Harriet RubinWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM

"Don't wait for a distant revolution -- reinvent everyday life here and now!"READ»

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Are You on the Right Track?

BY George AndersWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM

It's exciting to rewrite the rules of business and build high-performance companies in record time. But when do you start to calculate the human toll associated with the pursuit of your personal success?READ»

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Are You on the Right Track? Part 2

BY George AndersWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM

Can You Slay the Demons of Overwork? Mike Baker always wanted to run his own business. Growing up in northwest Arkansas, in the shadow of Wal-Mart and of Tyson Foods, he adopted a pretty bleak view of living his life as somebody ...READ»

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Keep on Truckin' - to the Web

BY Amy Wilson SheldonWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:20 AM

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Life After the Crash

BY George AndersWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:20 AM

The market for Internet stocks has crashed, but that doesn't mean that your career has to crash with it. Here's a set of lessons on how good people in dotcom companies gone bad can reboot their careers.READ»

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Those Were the .Com Days

BY William C. TaylorWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:20 AM

Your stock price is down 80%. All of a sudden, that ".com" at the end of your company's name feels like a four-letter word. Life in the Internet economy can't get much worse, can it? Be afraid. Be very afraid.READ»

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How to Make Your Mark

BY Cheryl DahleWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:19 AM

There has never been a better time for one person, with brains and commitment, to have a huge impact on a company, on an industry -- even on the world.READ»

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Relaunch!

BY Lucy McCauleyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:15 AM

Unit of OneREAD»

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Get on the (Web) Bus

BY Rekha BaluWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:14 AM

Career Move: T. Scott KirkseyREAD»

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Testing the Testers

BY Gina ImperatoWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:13 AM

An in-depth look at five of the best-known Web-based career-assessment tools.READ»

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Get Your Career in Site

BY Gina ImperatoWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:13 AM

No, this isn't another article about how to post your resume on the Web! It's a practical guide to using the Web to answer the real questions: What kind of work do you want to do? What kind of company do you want to work for?READ»

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Exit Strategies

BY Rekha BaluWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:12 AM

Turn out the lights -- this job is over! But before you head off to make a fresh start, you need to make a smart finish. Quitting right can be a great career move. Meet five people who learned how to quit smart.READ»

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FC-Roper Starch Survey: Expectations

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:09 AM

Results from the Fast Company-Roper Starch Survey on job expectations.READ»

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BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:09 AM

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The E-Lance Economy

BY Katharine MieszkowskiWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:08 AM

How Web sites are meeting the needs of Free Agent Nation.READ»

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Reinvent Yourself

BY Ron LieberWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:07 AM

Andrew Tuck sits in a stylish loft in New York City's Soho neighborhood with some of his life's work spread before him. There's his philosophy book, published by a top-drawer academic press, which he wrote in the 1980s while working ...READ»

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Great Expectations?

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:07 AM

Is your job living up to its promise? Is your boss the kind of leader that you thought you'd have? Is your work living up to the new economy's bold new compact? FC-Roper Starch Worldwide survey looks at the gap between promise and performance.READ»

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FC-Roper Starch Survey

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:06 AM

Results from this month's FC-Roper Starch survey on the future.READ»

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Want to Get Ahead? Get Back

BY Ron LieberWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:06 AM

Sometimes the best way to get ahead is to "boomerang" -- to go back to your former company as a new, improved version of your old self. Here's how three people tossed their careers for a loop.READ»

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2004 - A Personal Odyssey

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:05 AM

What are your expectations five years from now? As the 21st century arrives, are you feeling confident about your career and sure of your future?READ»

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What Happened to Your Parachute?

BY Daniel H. PinkWed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:05 AM

Thirty years ago, hardly anyone understood the question, "What color is your parachute?" Today, it's the job hunter's mantra. Richard Bolles reckons with what has changed in the world of careers -- and, perhaps more important, what hasn't.READ»