The good news is that you can manage behavior around you to improve relations, boosting both your self-esteem and your career, Taylor says.

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My job as a Behavior Analyst puts me in the position of helping parents and teachers better manage the behavior of the children in their lives.

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Aquariums also conduct valuable research into sea otter biology and behavior, which helps better protect sea otter habitat and manage their populations in the wild.

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The book is full of studies in human behavior and those results can help us, and the people we manage, make better decisions.

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The result of the partnership is called SurfinShield for F-Secure Policy Manager, and customers who already own Finjan's behavior-monitoring security product will be able to use the new offering to manage multiple security products from a single console.

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Those who manage or have any responsibility for the conduct of a group or work unit already know to squash bullying behavior.

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The financial crisis of 2008 shined a bright light on the behavior of large financial institutions, which had become too complex to regulate, too clumsy to manage and, according to the government, too big to fail.

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