Personal development

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A day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothes to work
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Dress-down Friday
I usually wear a suit, but on dress-down Fridays I wear jeans, which makes it easy if I'm going away for the weekend straight from work
The amount of awareness an individual or group has about a particular person, product or service
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MInd share
I pop by each morning to say "hi" to my boss and send him regular updates to try to get more of his mind share
The influence of personal relationships and preferences on the day-to-day workings and procedures of the organization
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Office politics
With many people setting out their own agenda in the wokplace, office politics can play a major part in many companies
Good at judging situations and people quickly and able to use this knowledge for personal benefit
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Astute
To cause the opinion people have of you to go down
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Blow your reputation
The Director blew his reputation after being convicted of stealing money from the company
Lawrence Peter's belief that employees tend to be promoted one level too fat, to their level of incompetence
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Peter Principle
She was a great classroom teacher but made an awfull head teacher- a perfect example of the Peter Principle in practice
The quadrant of Johari window that contains information known to oneself and to others
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Arena
The quadrant of a Johari window that contains information known to orhers but no to oneself
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Blind spot
The quadrant of a Johari window that contains information known to oneself but no to others
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Facade
The quadrant of a Johari window that contains information unknown to oneself and to others
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Unknown
A tool designed by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in 1955 to help people understand how they relate to and communicate with other people
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Johari window
A very large amount of money
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Megabucks
A 5000$ fine has very little impact on players who are earning megabucks
An offer to do work or provide a service for a particular amount of money
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Bid
They put in a bid for the building contract for the new Olympic stadium
Someone whose job is to organize business deals to other people, especially a stockbroker or an insurance broker
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Broker
Independent brokers can bring down your insurance costs by shopping around between suppliers
The number of copies of a newspaper or magazine sold each day, week etc.
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Circulation
Most newspapers have seen their circulation decline sharply over the last decade as people get their news online
To borrow capital in order to make an investment with the expectation that the profits will be greater than the interest payable on the loan
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Leverage
We are going to leverage private sector investment through loans
To try to influence politicians or people in authority on a particular subject
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To lobby
Shopkeepers have been lobbying the city council to try to overturn the ban on vehicles in the city centre
A set of behaviours where risk is avoided, leading to disappointing results
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Comfort zone
Genuinely successful people regularly step outside their comfort zone in order to achieve their objectives
An unfair system that prevents some people from reaching the most senior positions in a company or organizations
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Glass ceiling
To try to persuade someone to leave their job and go to work for another company
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Headhunt
He was headhunted by a large electronics company

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