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March 09, 2015 7 Ways to Capture Someone's Attention By Ben Parr It's your most important currency.

Business writing What Your Professional Bio Needs to Get Noticed by Meredith Fineman How to make that little blurb work harder. Difficult conversations How to Ask for a Raise by Carolyn O'Hara Avoid complaints and ultimatums. Organizational culture 5 Myths of Great Workplaces by Ron Friedman A look at the research calls some popular assumptions into question. Giving feedback What To Do When the Boss Gives You Baseless Feedback by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman A wise reaction can undo much of the damage. Strategy Reid Hoffman's Two Rules for Strategy Decisions by Ben Casnocha What I learned as his chief of staff. Marketing Is Social Media Actually Helping Your Company's Bottom Line? by Frank V. Cespedes You have millions of Twitter followers. So what? Competition Data Monopolists Like Google Are Threatening the Economy by Kira Radinsky To keep competition alive, we need new anti-trust laws. Communication If You Want to Be the Boss, Say "We" Not "I" by David Burkus A new study shows that pronouns are small, but potent, signals.

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