Five Ways to Create Job Security
Today's economic climate, that doesn't have to mean you have no job security. You can have a sense of job security, but it won't come from your employer. You must give it to yourself. Here's a proven five point strategy to ensure you have security in an uncertain job economy. 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 ...
Conflict and Politics at Work
If there's no conflict in the company where you work, enjoy it, it won't last. Wherever you have two or more people working together, sooner or later a squabble is going to breakout. Here's how to deal with conflict and politics at work. More ...
How to Turn Failure into Success
While failure feels bad, especially when you worked hard on something, it's important to acknowledge and accept that it didn't work, and ask yourself what you learned from your failure. More ...
Get What You Want - Negotiating Skills for the Timid!
This article is written for those TIMID folk who want to feel more confident in the basic skills of negotiating. These are the skills I have learnt that have made all the difference in the world to my approach to asking for what I want. I figure there are plenty of people who would like to know these skills which, believe me, don't come naturally to some folk! More ...
People Skills - Complaining
If you're a chronic complainer, you're sabotaging yourself and your success at work. In this article, I explain how you can improve your outlook at work and improve your prospects for success. The first thing you need to do is get in touch with reality. More ...
Make Your Boss Look Good
Your boss is the most important individual to work with to achieve success at work. Your boss is a unique individual that can get in a bad mood, make a bad decision, or exhibit imperfections just like anyone else. The key to achieving success at work is to Work around the idiosyncrasies of Your boss. More ...
Micromanagers
Have you ever worked for a boss who had to watch your every move? Someone who scheduled countless meetings which involved dozens (or more) people? A manager who always seemed to want to do your job for you? More ...
What Does it Mean to be Successful?
Life challenges us every day to develop our capabilities to the fullest. Life doesn't require us to always come out on top. It asks only that we do our best. More ...
Techniques - Get Ahead by Faking It
Are you working in a no stretch organization? To succeed at work, you need to stretch your capabilities. You need to perform tasks above your skill level, tasks you've never done before. In a no stretch organization, workers are assigned only tasks they've done before. More ...
How to Handle an Irate Customer on the Phone
If you work in customer service or own a business, you will occasionally take calls from angry customers. The most important thing to do is stay calm. Make them feel listened to before you offer solutions. 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 ...
Dealing With Employee Insubordination
Do you have trouble dealing with employee insubordination? We believe the best way to handle this problem is to react immediately. But a systematic, unbiased approach is necessary to uphold an orderly work environment. More ...
