Mental toughness for women leaders
Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch were among the only women in their Marine Corps officer training school. The training workshops they run today for female managers focus on these Marine-centric ideas.
Category: Career
Using your network for referrals
A great personal network isn’t necessarily one with a lot of connections—it’s one with quality connections who will refer clients to you or endorse you in a way that helps advance your career, says Joanne Black, author of No More Cold Calling.
Coming out on top when you mess up
Mistakes can be a valuable learning opportunity and a chance to boost your career, says author and consultant Jay Heinrichs, who recommends these four steps.
Turn criticism into positive feedback
Criticism can actually help your career, if you let it. Keep this in mind: The boss who heaps phony praise on everybody isn’t doing you any favors. It’s the one who takes time to dole out feedback who’s helping move your career forward.
1-Minute Strategies: May ’13
Get ahead by talking less … Take 90 days to decide if it’s time to make a career move … Use Grand Central Station’s trick for preventing chaos.
When good jobs go bad
When the job gets too far out of whack, it’s probably time for you to move on and even in this still-difficult economy, there are plenty of opportunities to do so, says Glassdoor career and workplace expert Heather Huhman. She offers 10 signs that it’s time for you to let your old job go and look for a new one.
Business Management Daily announces the winners of its Administrative Professionals Week survey
A big thanks to everyone who participated in our Administrative Professionals Week celebration! We’re delighted we could give you a little something here and there as a tribute to everything you do. Here are the winning responses—and just a few of our other favorites—to our Tuesday survey!
The essential qualities of every admin
In honor of Administrative Professionals Week (April 22-26), we’re sharing readers’ thoughts on the three traits they felt were essential to being an excellent admin.
Want to be happier? 6 habits to adopt
The only true measure of your success is how happy you are, says sales expert Geoffrey James, who offers six simple habits that can help you be happier.
Speak like you mean business
When you talk, do people listen? Sure they do, but are they hearing your great ideas, or are they distracted by your personal speech patterns? Take a few minutes to conduct a quick speech audit.