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Delivering Happiness

By Tara | Published: August 19, 2010
I just finished the book “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh on Monday and I’m still not completely sure what to think of it. It was funny and it was an interesting read. I tend to take forever to read most non-fiction books, but this story was written in a captivating way, particularly the first couple [...]
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GHC Technology Executive Plenary Panel

By Tara | Published: November 15, 2009
In this “session”, we learned what you need to know to become a tech exec, though the panelists offered conflicting views on how to succeed because between them, there were both examples of succeeding by staying in the same place for most of their career as well as by moving around to different companies. What [...]
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GHC Day 1: Jo Miller on Becoming a Person of Influence

By Tara | Published: September 30, 2009
In the afternoon, I went to the Jo Miller session on Becoming a Person of Influence. She is originally from Australia. She mentioned a few points about being influential at the beginning of her presentation: Emerging Leader’s Quandary: you need leadership experience to get a higher level job, but you need the job to get the [...]
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