Consistent feedback has been shown to be critical to performance, as it provides a personal GPS to help correct behavior on a regular basis.

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So while you may not be able to solve the cause of the funk, you can correct your behavior in the mean time.

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So how do you punish the company to correct the behavior?

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To be sure, New York's anti-bullying legislation says that employers may not be held liable if they take steps to prevent or promptly correct abusive behavior.

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"They need someone very directive to help them correct their behavior, and Dave does a very nice job with the audience he's speaking to, " Bentley said.

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The good news is that you can correct your Clubby behavior before your career is cut short.

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Others appear to feel a similar need to correct poor digital device behavior.

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But what their behavior shows clearly is that Netanyahu is correct when he says that a coalition that relies on them is inherently unstable.

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For example, if someone always preferred to spell "thanks" as "thx, " SwiftKey 3 would learn this behavior and add "thx" in as a word rather than continuously trying to correct it.

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