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Escape Workplace Hell with Erasogram®
Jean-Paul Sartre famously declared that “Hell is other people.” And Dante constructed his Inferno by wedging like-minded souls into very close quarters. You don’t have to attend the MLA Convention to see this principle in operation today. Just think for … Continue reading →
Posted in Beyond Tenure Track, Citizen phase, Institution, organiation, Person, Post-Tenure, Profession, Stages, Tool Box, Warrior Phase
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Tagged administration, associate professor, citizen phase, collaboration, Dante, department chair, Erasogram, health, Hell, identity, institutions, killer apps, MLA, Person, Sartre, staying alive
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What is Truth? Find Out with Memo Decoder®
Acheson’s Rule has proved a major stumbling block to thousands trying to navigate their way through organizations. And universities can be just as confusing as any government, corporation, or church. That’s why conscientious professionals like you need this week’s killer … Continue reading →
Posted in Basic Concepts, Citizen phase, Institution, Pre-Tenure, Profession, Tool Box, Warrior Phase
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Tagged Acheson's Rule, administration, citizen phase, department chair, failure, Institution, killer apps, Memo Decoder, organizations, personal and professional, Pierre Bayard upgrade, reward system, shared governance, staying alive, success, tools, warrior phase
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RealityCheck®: Another App to Boost your Career
This week’s offering is RealityCheck®, using advanced idea-calibration algorithms to safeguard your ambition. For a preview, click on the video:
Posted in Tool Box, Warrior Phase
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Tagged ambition, balance, failure, killer apps, reality check, research, reward system, staying alive, success, warrior phase
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Killer Apps to Boost your Career in the New Year
The R & D Team here at Staying Alive has been hard at work devising a suite of career security apps that we are pleased to release just in time for the new year. Those of you dreading an upcoming … Continue reading →
