Instead of trying to make the process shape the team — why not let the team shape the process? “Give your team a bit of time to play around and figure out where you want to go before officially launching anything,” Celine Roque writes. Once you’ve got your team set up, focus on cultivating a [...]

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Last week’s SmartBrief on Workforce poll: If “Cisco fatty” were your hire, would you rescind the offer?

Yes — 90%
No — 10%

I’m with the vast majority of you — that guy would have been out looking for another job. Maybe I’m too harsh, but I think his decision to broadcast his derision at his soon-to-be employer [...]

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The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce this past week:

How Twitter can cost you a job
Manage like Dilbert?
In defense of doodling
12 reasons old management won’t fly with “Generation F”
5 tips for networking events

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Twittering can help you find a job. It can also cost you a job. Maybe even a relationship. How do you draw the line? Andy Blumenthal, the chief technology officer at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, seems to have found the right formula. In this short, punchy interview with OhMyGov, he spells [...]

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The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce this past week:

3 ways managers cause stress
Using Twitter as a productivity tool
10 steps to setting appropriate goals
How to say no
Who’s getting raises this year?

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The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce this past week:

Coping with an angry boss
5 rules of crisis communication
Twittering your way to a job
10 Super Bowl takeaways
Do yelling and micromanaging work? Sometimes

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