Overcoming Common Productivity Barriers

Productivity is the driving force behind achieving our goals efficiently and effectively. Yet, despite our best efforts, various factors can sometimes hinder our ability to perform at our peak.

Understanding these obstacles and how they impact our productivity is crucial. …

By Ivy Exec
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How to Become a Successful Intrapreneur

If you’re on this page, you must be well aware that there is no typo in the word “intrapreneur,” and it shouldn’t be “entrepreneur.” Here and there, you see entrepreneurship already worn out as the subject in numerous articles and …

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How to Nail the “Business Casual” Dress Code

As we quickly return to an almost pre-2020 normal, many of us have received announcements that in-person work days are about to resume. For some, it may be more than just a bummer to think about trading in the comfort …

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What Is a Growth Mindset?

When you think of intelligence, do you think of it as a fixed trait — that the intellect someone is born with is all the intellect they’ll ever have? Or do you think of intelligence as something you can grow and …

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How to End an Email Professionally (With Examples)

You’ve done the hard work of writing a professional email, and now it’s time to figure out how to end it. Knowing how to end an email professionally is crucial for writing clear, actionable emails that leave your recipient with …

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Dealing with Negative Personality Traits In the Workplace

Whether you’re a student, a recent graduate who just entered the workforce, or a grizzled, forty-plus hour a week veteran, you’ve undoubtedly encountered a few of the more unsavory personality traits that colleagues and coworkers sometimes have to offer. Let’s …

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7 Habits You Need to Break Before Starting a New Job

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Starting a new job should mean a fresh start, but creating new healthy habits for the workplace means breaking out of old ones. Often, we move from one job to the next believing that …

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5 Ways to Improve Your Professional Communication Skills

Success in any industry relies on developing strong communication skills, which are essential to sharing information with colleagues, managers, and clients. So, below are five easy ways to improve your professional communication skills and boost your career in the process.

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What Is Lifelong Learning? (And How to Do it Yourself)

We often equate school with learning — so once we’ve graduated, we’re done, right? While we may not return to lectures and discussion groups, learning is far from over the second we leave high school or college. Embracing lifelong learning, …

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8 Strategies for Introverted Professionals in the Workplace

“Introverts are shy and boring people.” We bet you’ve heard this statement once or many times before. Or perhaps even you believe so. It’s no wonder why over 56% of workplace introverts in the US wish they were instead extroverts. 

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