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May 2023
31m 53s

A Marketing Professor and a Matchmaker T...

Harvard Business Review
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Unless you're famous - or want to be - you might not think of yourself as a brand. But whether you're in a meeting or on social media, interviewing for a job or asking for a promotion, the way you carry yourself conveys a certain image to the people around you. Jill Avery studies marketing and is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, and Rachel Green ... Show More
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