1-Minute Strategies: September ’16
Ask the right questions to make meaningful connections … Get mental reminders from visual cues … Sometimes to-do lists can be more overwhelming than helpful.
Category: Career
The right way to handle feedback
Feedback is crucial in the workplace. The problem is that giving feedback can put you or your work position in jeopardy, depending on how it’s perceived by your co-workers or boss. Stephanie Vozza, writing at Fast Company, suggests ways to give constructive feedback without hurting your relationships or opportunities at work.
Checked your E.Q. lately?
Being aware of others’ feelings (emotional intelligence, or E.Q.) can help to improve work interactions. Melissa Moore, writing at Time’s Motto, offers these tips to stay aware of co-workers’ personality styles and make meaningful connections.
Stay on task at work … while snorkeling
Robby Berthume, CEO of Bull & Beard, offers tips on how to combine work and travel without ruining your vacation.
Where to turn for leadership growth
Learning how to be a good leader is a process. Ginny Soskey, writing at HubSpot, cites resources you can turn to for help.
How to gain respect in your workplace
When trying to move up in your company, remember your abilities are not the only thing that get you promoted—respect from your peers and boss play a major part as well. Sam Becker, writing at CheatSheet, says gaining respect can start with simple changes to your behavior.
Shake off a bad first impression
Bad first impressions are hard to shake. Getting off on the wrong foot with a co-worker or a boss means it could take a while before they see you the way you want to be seen. Dorie Clark, writing in the Harvard Business Review, suggests ways to overcome a bad impression and change others’ perceptions of you.
1-Minute Strategies: August ’16
Eye contact; mindfullness; warm water
The right habits to landing that promotion
When trying to land a promotion, it is vital to watch all of your workplace habits. Your higher-ups notice what you do around the office, and bad work habits could cost you.
3 tactics to getting back on track
It is better to realize you are stuck and unable to move forward on a big task than it is to avoid it.