Weekly Hotlist: Improve Your Résumé by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

 

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May 09, 2016 Improve Your Résumé by Turning Bullet Points into Stories By Jane Heifetz Examples from real CVs.

Pricing Uber's New Tipping Policy Is a Mistake by Rafi Mohammed A confusing system is worse than an unpopular one. Generational issues The Problem with Millennials? They're Way Too Hard on Themselves by Emerson Csorba What they're missing is the long view. Strategic thinking Mindfulness Can Improve Strategy, Too by Justin Talbot-Zorn, Frieda Edgette Three ways to incorporate it into your planning. Networking How Top Salespeople Land Hard-to-Get Meetings by Stu Heinecke Stand out and deliver value. Creativity A Cognitive Trick for Solving Problems Creatively by Theodore Scaltsas Mental biases can actually help. Cross-cultural management What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Michael Sanger How decision making, communication, and dark-side tendencies vary. Difficult conversations Outsmart Your Next Angry Outburst by Peter Bregman What to think about before you open your mouth. Founders 4 Factors That Predict Startup Success, and One That Doesn't by Tucker J. Marion Evidence from more than 300 venture capital investments.

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