Delivering Difficult Messages at Work
Feedback is essential to the professional development process. As you advance professionally, you will be placed in more situations in which you will need to give feedback to others. It's when a difficult message has to be given that many managers and leaders stumble. More ...
How Continuous Learning Increases Your Market Value
I remember back in the old days when you could just do your job and at the end of the work day go home and lay back until the next day. But today's labor market is just too competitive. You have to put in extra time advancing your skills and knowledge and increasing your value to the company. More ...
Increasing Your Value to the Company
In these difficult economic times companies are looking for somebody's butt to kick out the door. When they look at you, will they see an expendable body, or an employee who is too valuable to let go? More ...
What Not to Say to Customers
A problem can arise however when an employee who doesn't usually come into contact with customers meets a customer. You should never reveal inside information to a customer, or to anyone else outside the company. More ...
Diversity in the Workforce
You may think an individual with a different race or national origin has peculiar or has strange habits. The first step toward getting the cooperation and assistance of your co-workers you need to Succeed at work is to accept others uniqueness and idiosyncrasies. More ...
Self-Esteem and Success
A person with high self-esteem believes that they are a worthwhile and important person. A person with low self-esteem believes that others are better than them, and that they deserve to treated badly by others. More ...
Working on a Team
In an organization, sometimes something comes up that doesn't fit within the definition of any single department's operation. The tasks involved in these types of projects cross department boundaries, so members of a special project team are selected. More ...
Techniques - Taking Initiative
Does your boss always have to tell you what to do. Does your boss have to treat you like a child, or do you take initiative? There are dangers in taking initiative at work, but the rewards can be great. More ...
Time Management and Productivity
By using the techniques described here you'll be able to manage your time and be more productive at work. Not only will being more productive make you a more valuable employee, but at the end of each day it will give you the feeling that you made an important contribution to the company's mission. More ...
How to be Prepared for the Challenges of Life
The path to success is never a straight line. Sometimes things don't go the way we planned it. Here are ways to be prepared for the inevitable challenges in lfe. More ...
Why to Avoid Flirting in the Workplace
What may be flirting to one person could be sexual harassment to another person. It's a fine line and there are no universal laws about flirting in the workplace. Therefore, it is up to individuals to gauge what is appropriate and what is not. To avoid overstepping boundaries in the workplace, here are a few simple tips employees should follow: More ...
Beat the Time Bandits
We all have time bandits at work and at home. These are the people and things that block us from reaching our goals and getting through our daily To-Do lists. To beat the time bandits that steal our day, we must recognize who and what they are and take the lead in putting them away. More ...
When You Have to Say I'm Sorry
I've learned a lot of things about apologies over the years. Some of them I had to learn the hard way - at great personal cost. But I learned them, and I'm glad to share them. More ...
