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Cape Fear Region Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week

Harris Whitesell Consulting, LLC, is honored to engage and offer workshops for the 2020 Cape Fear Region Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week presented by UNCW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in partnership with UNCW’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion. MED Week recognizes the achievements of local minority entrepreneurs, provides opportunities for networking, and presents […]

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Changing Careers? Try These 15 Coach-Recommended Tips For Success

Career changes can happen at any time for a number of different reasons. Sometimes, professionals reach a point when they decide they are no longer happy with their current career path and actively want to seek a change. Other times, the shift is more sudden, perhaps due to an unexpected layoff or management change. Either

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16 Common Mistakes Even Seasoned Business Leaders Still Make

As a person and as a professional, you should always be learning and growing. Just because you’ve held a position for a long time doesn’t mean you know everything there is to know. In fact, if you don’t adapt to new trends and information, you may be more prone to mistakes. Members of Forbes Coaches

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Leading A Business? Get Organized In These 16 Key Areas

A successful executive must be able to simultaneously oversee and manage multiple areas of the company. It can be challenging to ensure that all departments are running smoothly and receive the focus they need, especially since some areas require more time and attention than others. However, it’s important to get organized and optimize your processes

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16 Ways Professionals Can Earn More Influence In Their Field

As a professional within a particular field, your influence can make or break your opportunities. Within many industries, success comes from being top of mind for your customers and your colleagues. But it’s not always so easy to gain the attention and respect of your peers. But in such an interconnected industry space, talk of

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Conscious Culture: Insights For Customizing Your Company Culture

Consciously creating and maintaining culture in organizations is simply complex. Culture is defined by the way people in the organization behave, what they believe and think, and what they say. It’s the realistic, silent code of conduct that plays out each day. Culture sets the foundation for the scope of what the organization does: vision,

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14 Effective Ways To Boost Your Confidence At Work

Most of us have experienced a hit to our self-confidence at some point. Low self-esteem can come up for various personal and professional reasons, but regardless of origin, it can really take a toll on you in the workplace. Fortunately, just because you’re feeling less than stellar right now doesn’t mean you’ll always feel this

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14 Life Hacks Busy Professionals Use To Optimize Their Time

Everyone has useful little tricks that make them more efficient—think keyboard shortcuts for your everyday life. These “life hacks” can help us work smarter and cope with the stressful demands of our careers. From time to time, you may wonder how other busy professionals incorporate life hacks into their daily routines—and whether anyone else has

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15 Steps You Can Take To Fight Unconscious Bias In Your Hiring Process

Everyone has beliefs and experiences that shape the way they view the world. No matter how objective we try to be, our deeply-ingrained, unconscious biases can leak into our work—especially when it comes to hiring. It can be difficult to acknowledge and turn off these biases, but in order to ensure a fair hiring process,

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13 Mistakes Business Owners Make When Trying To Differentiate Their Company

Standing out from the crowd is essential when competing in the business world. However, when trying to differentiate their company, entrepreneurs can sometimes make serious mistakes if they don’t have a clear strategy in place. In trying to make their business or service offerings stand out—especially in a saturated market—leaders can sometimes create the opposite

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Avoid Making These 14 Critical Mistakes When Promoting Yourself Online

From company blogs to digital ads to social media, there are countless ways to promote yourself or your business online. However, you can’t just publish content for the sake of it. Like any marketing tactic, online promotion requires careful planning and messaging. There are also certain tactics that may hurt more than they help. Click

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12 Effective Tips For Better Sleep As A Busy Professional

Business professionals usually have packed daily schedules that make it difficult for them to have a decent night’s rest. A good night’s sleep grants several benefits to the human body, from both mental and physical perspectives. Sadly, with the volume of stress and work that professionals usually have to deal with, getting a decent night’s

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