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Managing Expectations: Expectations can be both a blessing and a curse! When you meet people’s expectations, they’re generally very grateful—a blessing. If you fail to meet those expectations, they may tell everyone about their disappointment, and be slow to offer forgiveness—a curse.Take this example: You’re considering buying some expensive goods and you...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, BNET Editorial, curse, project management, vision, performance; Articles 2007-11-12
Firing Shouldn't Be as Painful as We Make It: One of the toughest aspects of managing a team is having to let a team member go, especially a long-standing one. When you have spent the time training someone, gotten used to their personality foibles and signed their birthday card with clever little witticisms a few times, it becomes tougher...; Tags: Team management, firing, Jeff Palfini, Honesty, team, job; Blog posts 2007-10-12
Is Honesty the Best Career Policy?: Is Honesty the Best Career Policy?Honesty to WHO or WhomShould one be honest in an interview? As companies today are using private services to verify your past, you have to tell the truth about where you were and when. BUT at that point the gloves come off. ...; Tags: Professional development, honesty, career; Discussion threads 2007-05-22
Honesty Is The Best Strategy: Why do so many solid strategic plans get stuck on the drawing board? Usually it's because the people we rely on to implement our strategy are afraid to tell us the truth about the roadblocks ahead. When we as leaders send inconsistent messages, react defensively to feedback, or avoid dealing...; Tags: Harvard Business Review, strategy, leader, asset; White papers 2004-02-01
Being Honest About Being Dishonest: The article states that honesty tests, also called integrity tests, evaluate an individual's attitudes towards theft and other wrongdoing. Although the term’s honesty and integrity are generally interchangeable, there are differences. Honesty refers to a person's truthfulness and trustworthiness like so many other decisions the human-resource practitioner must make; the...; Tags: Dow Jones & Company Inc.; White papers 2003-01-01

Honesty, Integrity And Communication: The Foundation Of Trust: To be honest is to be real, genuine, authentic, and bona fide. To be dishonest is to be partly feigned, forged, fake, or fictitious. Honesty expresses both self-respect and respect for others. Dishonesty fully respects neither oneself nor others. Honesty imbues lives with openness, reliability, and candor; it expresses a...; Tags: disposition, leadership development, leadership, leader; White papers 2003-01-01
Honesty As Policy: The Strategic Use Of The Truth: From the executive summary: ‘Experts suggest that honesty is the statement of facts; it is a means not an end. Honesty is not the primary purpose of association activity. Honesty is followed in every facet of association activity. Confusing honesty with the truth is dangerous, as there can be a...; Tags: benefit, tool; White papers 2002-06-01

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Sisterspeak: Thanks so much for the Sisterspeak column, "Love Yourself First" (May 2008), by Dominique Dawes. It's hard to believe a pretty, petite, young woman who had enough inner confidence (in spite of the immense pressure!) to win the gold medal at the Olympics would have a problem with self-esteem. I...; Articles 2008-07-01
Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism: Schenker, Hillel and Zaid Abu-Zayyal (eds.). Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism. Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2006. 199 pp. Of all the books that I have reviewed over a period of about twentyfive years, this study by Schenker and Abu-Zayyal is the most complex and difficult that I have encountered. It deserves...; Articles 2008-06-30
Pupils, aged 7, could be asked to sign exam 'honesty codes': Children as young as seven could be asked to sign "honesty codes" at their schools in a plan to cut down on cheating in national curriculum tests and exams. The "honesty codes" system, widely in use in the United States, could be introduced in primary as well...; Articles 2008-06-25
Leonard Downie, Jr., Executive Editor of The Washington Post, to Retire: WASHINGTON -- Leonard Downie, Jr., who has served as executive editor of The Washington Post since September 1, 1991, has decided to retire in the fall of 2008. No successor has been named. "Len's extraordinary news judgment, his ferocious sense of fairness, his honesty with the staff and...; Articles 2008-06-23
Prominent Real Estate Firm Joins Sotheby's International Realty® Network in Washington: BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC today announced that Brazen Real Estate in Bellevue, Wash., is the newest member of its luxury real estate network. The firm, owned by Joseph Brazen, now will do business as Brazen Sotheby's International Realty. "Joseph Brazen's nearly 30...; Articles 2008-06-20
Bickers: The Autobiography of Martin Bicknell (Green Umbrella: Book of the week When a sportsperson's career is over (sadly, in some cases long before the career is over) and they want to produce their life story, a publisher or agent will approach a journalist, a specialist in that particular sport, to "ghost" the autobiography. ...; Articles 2008-06-16
iDayo, Inc. Transforms its Web Site: PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The official, authorized website of the iDayo Indicator [TM] at www.idayo.com has a brand new look and enhanced functionality. iDayo, Inc., owner of the proprietary stock and options selector, the iDayo Indicator [TM], has launched an "extreme makeover" of the site at which these outstanding stock...; Articles 2008-06-16
Metro Brokers Announces Strategic Growth Initiative: ATLANTA, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- After decades of success, Metro Brokers/GMAC Real Estate is now seeking to create alliances with other companies that share the same vision of quality service. To accomplish this, a new division has been created within its corporate office that will focus on fulfilling the...; Articles 2008-06-09
Welsh Soul: Following in the famous footsteps of fellow Welsh crooners like Dame Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones and Charlotte Church, 23-yearold singer Duffy (first name: Aimee) is blowing up the charts. Her soulful debut album, “Rockferry,” topped the Pan-European Album Chart soon after its release this spring. Since then, it’s reached No....; Articles 2008-06-09
Life for the artist beyond the bedsit wall: THE BIG TICKET Visual art Klimt's decorative images are reproduced in a million student rooms, but surely the radical artist leaves a greater legacy? Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 Tate LIVERPOOL ...; Articles 2008-06-01
The myriad gifts of Asperger's syndrome: The myriad gifts of Asperger's syndrome. Ortiz, John M. Jessica Kingsley Pub. 2008 174 pages $19.95 Paperback RC553 As noted in the unusual title, this book focuses on positive attributes of individuals who have...; Articles 2008-06-01
The guardian of quality: Rudolfo "Rudy" C. Trevino, Jr.: vice president and chief compliance officer Farmers Insurance Group: If you ask Rudy Trevino to tell you about the benefits of having Farmers Insurance, be prepared to hear an impassioned answer from a man who is as much a believer in the value of honesty as he is in the value of what Farmers Insurance can offer. On a...; Articles 2008-06-01
WEEKEND WORK: What to do All the vegetables that hate frost can be sown now. There is at least a fighting chance that we won't have snow in June. Sow French beans, setting them 8cms apart in rows 45cms apart. Sow sweetcorn in blocks, setting the seeds 45cms apart...; Articles 2008-05-31