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When will it be fathers' day in the office?Jun 19, 2016 7:17 am - Pop quiz: Who struggles most with work-family conflict? Your first answer might be "working mothers." But according to work-life author Brigid Schulte, surveys show work...
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Who gets the workplace in the divorce?Jun 19, 2016 7:05 am - Q: My fiancee has worked at a multinational company for nearly a decade. Her ex-husband previously worked at the same company but left a year before their divorce severa...
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Career Coach: Staying calm under pressure tells a lot about a leaderJun 19, 2016 7:05 am - "Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm." Publilius Syrus Recently, a colleague reminded me of a fundamental lesson when selecting and evaluating leaders. He poin...
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Best of friendships earns Cruise Night's best of showJun 19, 2016 5:00 am - Russ Phillips could hardly contain himself. The 21-year-old serviceman threaded his way down the narrow steel corridors of the USS White Plains, his face beaming. Despit...
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When we needed it most, the world came to Orlando's aidJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - One week ago, 49 souls were stolen from Orlando, murdered in an unimaginable act of terror. Hundreds more were injured or witnessed unthinkable violence. Our city remain...
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Tuned-in leadership helps chambers hold their ownJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - The chamber of commerce? Yep. Really? Yep again. Still around? Not only still around but in many cases developing programs that are reaching out to - gasp! - the Mi...
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Seven 'slow ideas' in personal financeJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - Ideas are odd things. Some spread like wildfire, instantly transforming our lives. Others are slow, taking decades to be recognized as basic truths. Here are seven "slow...
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Carefully applied bleach could remove driveway rust stainsJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - Q. I have rust stains on my driveway and garage floor from the rusting of my car's undercarriage. I also have some rust stains on my front porch that were caused from th...
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Freedom to kill, permission to dieJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - It was inevitable that we would one day seek ways to kill ourselves with society's blessing. California recently joined four other states - Oregon, Washington, Vermont a...
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From laundry to engineering, Lake Forest hospital's Niskanen rubs elbows with the bestJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - Dan Niskanen worked his way of up from the laundry department to systems engineer, spending about 50 years at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. The Gurnee resi...