{"id":6054,"date":"2016-08-29T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/?p=6054"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:14:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:14:39","slug":"workplace-lessons-from-the-2016-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/workplace-lessons-from-the-2016-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure Gold: Workplace Lessons from the 2016 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<olympics>\nThere&#8217;s a lot to be learned from The Olympics, according to Lindsey Pollack, a leading voice on millennials in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Pollack is a bestselling author of <em>Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders <\/em>and <em>Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World. <\/em>She has been called a \u201ctranslator\u201d as she advises both young professionals and organizations that want to recruit them. \u00a0She\u00a0writes a regular blog that recently focused on lessons we can learn from the 2016 Olympics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindseypollak.com\/pure-gold-workplace-lessons-from-the-2016-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out what she has to say.<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>SPC career professionals: Your career\u00a0coach<\/h5>\n<p>Do you need help creating those career milestones, training your career skills and setting goals and action steps? 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