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	LINKEDIN TODAY powered by + You are getting weekly emails | Change to Daily Hi Aa, check out the top 5 news articles for you this week See all headlines Here's How To REALLY Use LinkedIn LinkedIn is the proverbial dark horse of social media: we all know it’s there, but few of us use it to its full potential. With just a little bit of effort you will see how the powerful social site can help you market yourself...   businessinsider.com   Shared by 4376 professionals on LinkedIn, including: 193 LinkedIn employees 16 ReachLocal employees 10 Salesforce.com employees Why There's No Such Thing as Constructive Criticism Here's a question sure to make your stomach lurch: "Would you mind if I gave you some feedback?" What that actually means is "Would you mind if I gave you some negative feedback, wrapped in the guise of constructive criticism, whether you want it or not?"   blogs.hbr.org   Shared by 1421 professionals on LinkedIn, including: 10 Microsoft employees 10 LinkedIn employees 9 IBM employees Google Kills Off Seven More Products, Including Wave Google develops many products, not all of which are hits with the public. Google has announced that it is dropping seven more products in an effort to simplify its range of services.   bbc.co.uk   Shared by 618 professionals on LinkedIn, including: 9 IBM employees 5 Oracle employees 4 Microsoft employees Gratitude As A Business Strategy Most of us are fantastic complainers. When someone doesn't meet our expectations, we let them know. There's nothing wrong with expecting excellence, and taking steps to get it. The problem is, we tend to take excellence-and thoughtfulness-for granted.   fastcompany.com Trending in Management Consulting and Higher Education   Shared by 398 professionals on LinkedIn, including: 3 Aberdeen Group employees 3 International Coach Federation employees 3 Reside employees A Plea to College Presidents: Exercise Your Moral Leadership On Saturday, November 18, I was shocked and saddened to watch the video of police breaking up a peaceful student protest at the University of California at Davis. I'd just given a lecture in the Chancellor's Colloquium series a...   chronicle.com   Shared by 60 professionals on LinkedIn, including: 3 Duke University employees Better. Faster. The New LinkedIn Mobile App for iPhone and Android. Don't want to receive email notifications? Adjust your message settings LinkedIn values your privacy. At no time has LinkedIn made your email address available to any other LinkedIn user without your permission. © 2011, LinkedIn Corporation