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The Best Cookware and Kitchen Appliances
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The Best Cookware and Kitchen Appliances

For today’s post in our (very occasional) Home series, let’s talk about the best cookware and kitchen appliances. What is your favorite cookware to use? Is there any particular pan or kitchen device that you find you absolutely must have? Psst: Good job, ladies — after we last discussed the best sheets and the best towels, I’m…

What to Do if a Colleague Takes Credit for Your Work
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What to Do if a Colleague Takes Credit for Your Work

How should you respond when a coworker takes credit for your work? Reader N writes in with this great question: Surprised I can’t find this in the archives: How do you deal with a colleague (usually male) stealing your ideas, passing them off as his own in meetings with clients and/or repeating what you’ve said…

Finding and Joining Professional Organizations
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Finding and Joining Professional Organizations

How do you find out about professional organizations that could be a good fit for you and your goals? How do you decide which organizations to join, whether for networking in your niche, business development/new clients, or just better opportunities? Ladies, what are your best tips for finding worthwhile professional organizations?  Psst: We’ve also looked at volunteering and…

How to Handle Being Called the Wrong Name at Work
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How to Handle Being Called the Wrong Name at Work

Being called the wrong name at work can be embarrassing, frustrating, and — eventually — infuriating. We haven’t talked about the wrong name problem in quite a while, so let’s have a discussion today. (By the way, we’ve also addressed changing your name (or not) when you get married (and divorced), gender-neutral name problems, and hyphenated names in email addresses.) First of all, as someone with the…