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Workplace Trends for 2008

On The Job

Spending more time on social networking sites instead of keeping abreast of the world's events and news through books and the news will hurt workers' abilities to understand how current events will affect business trends, decreasing their value to an employer. Physicians who "teach" their patients to become healthier will attract patients.

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Influencing Factors of the Subjective Perception of the Expatriation Experience

International Coach Academy

Leaving the home country also means leaving behind the comfort zone, the personal support network, and the familiar routines in order to blend in to another – often significantly different – socio-economic-cultural environment with new people, new customs, and very often even a new language amongst others. Lysgaard, S. 6: 1018–34.

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Gratitude and the Brain

International Coach Academy

BDNF; which originates in the hippocampus (Chao, 2003) is what ‘carries’ serotonin and dopamine; the two ‘feel good’ chemicals that have been found to have a significant impact on depression (Martinowich& Lu, 2008). These regions are part of the neural networks that fire when we socialize or experience pleasure.

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Neuroscience of Client Transformation

International Coach Academy

Every thought we have is the result of complex and dynamic interactions between neurons, neural networks, and neurotransmitters. 11] (Cacioppo & Patrick, 2008) Cacioppo, J. The effects of an enriched environment on the histology of the rat cerebral cortex. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 128(4), 417-433. [11] Br J Gen Pract.

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7 Ways to Position Yourself as an Admin Leader

Eat Your Career

In 2008, things got really crazy. They specialize in offering educational and networking opportunities, and they’re always looking for passionate professionals to help organize local events. Create Your Own Admin Networking Group. I was no longer an anonymous admin; I was officially seen as a leader in the admin field.

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Rules vs. Re-imagine

International Coach Academy

Every industry is built on long-standing, often implicit assumptions about what shapes consumer actions, and how stakeholders develop a network or ecosystem to create and deliver sustainable value. Brown, T [2008] ‘Design Thinking” Harvard Business Review, hbr.org accessed 17.09.23.

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The Good Life: Is Gratitude the key?

International Coach Academy

Psychologist Sara Algoe wrote that ‘Gratitude starts inside one individual and its effects spread to a dyadic relationship and perhaps throughout a social network’. [iv] In 2008, Koo, Algoe, Wilson & Gilbert asked participants to imagine and write about what their life would be like if a positive event had not occurred.