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Influence, Leadership, Business, Motivation, L6s Blog

Influence: How Does Everyday Leadership Changes Us?

Influence occurs when a person’s emotions, opinions, or behaviors are affected by others. It is an important component of a leader’s ability to use power and maintain respect in an organization. Influence is apparent in the form of peer pressure, socialization, conformity, obedience, and persuasion.

Pay Equity, Pay Rates, Human Resources, L6s Blog

Pay Equity: Should You Know What Your Coworkers Get Paid?

Pay equity is a sensitive topic in today's workplace. The first rule of thumb everyone learns when they join the workforce...never ask what someone gets paid and never discuss what you are being paid. In this TED Talk, David Burkus discusses the secrecy of pay rates and why they should disappear.

Career Advice, Pay Equity, Leadership, Business, L6s Blog

Career Advice: What Are You Really Worth?

What are you really worth? For most people climbing the career ladder, they feel they are over-worked and underpaid. We hate to break it to you, but if you feel like you’re being underpaid, it could be your own fault. And here’s why: You’re not asking!

Technology: Learning How Blind People Explore the World

Technology has removed many barriers to education and employment for visually impaired individuals. Students with visual impairments can complete homework, do research, take tests, and read books thanks to advances in technology. Inventor and IBM Fellow Chieko Asakawa, who's been blind since the age of fourteen, is working on answering these questions in this innovative TED Talk.

Professional Development, Training, Certification, Lean Six Sigma, L6s Blog

Professional Development: Did You Get What You Wanted?

March 28, 2017
Thought Leader - L6s
News and Trends, Six Sigma, Training & Certification
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Ever felt shortchanged after taking a training course? In today’s digital world, it is super easy for a so-called ‘expert’ to hang their shingle out there on the web and start getting results. That digital environment allows those ‘experts’ to dress up their site to appear rather professional and very credible. How can you avoid a situation that could adversely affect your professional development?