The Azara GroupGet Your Career Back on Track – Summer Is Ending! 5 Tips to Maximize Productivity
Summer is almost over and so are the months of relaxed schedules, flexible deadlines, and neglecting your professional development plans. Heading into the fall is the perfect time to kick it into high gear and devote time to making strides at work and advancing your career. Read More »
August 2015 Thought Leader Spotlight – Johnita Walker Mizelle of Luxor Asset Management
As part of The Azara Group’s monthly newsletter, we select a business leader to share insights about leadership, being an influencer, and career development. Our objective is to help support your ability to flourish as a leader and share what makes people thrive in business. Read More »
5 Interview Follow Up Questions
The worst is over. You reach the end of an interview and the interviewer asks if you have any questions. Then you freeze. When you are so focused on having the right answers to their questions, it can be difficult to remember to get answers to your own questions. Read More »
How Much Do You Make? – Responding to the Dreaded Interview Question
Often job seekers are required to answer very personal questions during the job application process such as “What is your current salary?” and “What are your salary requirements?” Read More »
Student-Athletes = Professional Athletes?
College sports began as an enjoyable way for students to compete in sporting events. Today, it has ballooned into a highly profitable industry that looks and feels like professional sports. Read More »
6 Tips to Negotiate Your Salary
You did it. After countless interviews, resume revisions, and thank-you emails, you were offered your dream job at a company that is a great fit for you. Read More »
Time to Dump the Trump!
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Recently, The Azara Group commented on the need for companies to diversify their boardrooms to stay in touch with a changing American population. Read More »
Nazis, Nudity, and Rejecting “No Means No” — Today’s Marketing Realities
To avoid alienating their consumers, businesses must diversify their workforce and leadership. The makeup of Corporate America’s boardrooms needs to mirror the evolving diversity of the American people. Read More »
Career Suicide – Lying Like NBC’s Brian Williams
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Last February, we all saw the career of Brian Williams from NBC Nightly News unravel after he was exposed for lying and exaggerating in his news reporting. Read More »
Banning Salary Negotiations – Is Ellen Pao Right?
“Men negotiate harder than women, and sometimes women get penalized when they do negotiate.”
– Ellen Pao, CEO of Reddit
This past March and April, many of us closely watched Ellen Pao’s high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit play out in the courts. Read More »