A look at wellness programs
There are many reasons why employers offer workplace wellness programs, including to combat obesity and the rapidly increasing costs of medical care and health insurance, writes Napala Pratini.
Category: Career
Admin Checkup: Sharpen your goal-setting
The best administrative professionals plan for success by setting personal goals and objectives. Assess your goal-setting strength with this quiz.
Help others to help your own career
Sometimes the path to success involves helping others before, or in addition to, helping yourself. That’s certainly been the case for Cinnabon President Kat Cole.
Best mind-body apps
The quest for happiness can be elusive, but tech companies are seeking to provide users with mind-body solutions to make it easier. Life coach Allison Stadd shares some top mind-body applications you might want to try.
Do you really deserve a raise?
Thinking about your salary objectively may be hard, but it’s worth it, writes Karen Cates of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She offers tips on how to approach your decision.
The word ‘fun’ can lose its meaning two steps outside of the office
When you’re coming up with ideas for stress-relieving leisure activities for the team, remember that asking them to jaunt off to a bar or event after office hours cuts into the free time they value most in life.
The benefits of being scrappy
“Creative,” “smart” and “determined” are great traits, but leadership and entrepreneurship writer Bill Murphy Jr. explains why people described as “resourceful” do so well.
What networking isn’t
Certified life and career coach Dorothy Tannahill-Moran cites some common networking myths that may be further intimidating introverts.
Hierarchies still matter on the job
In today’s open offices where communication is more casual, it feels like everyone is on equal footing and working for a meritocracy. But that’s wrong, says Jeffrey Pfeffer, an organizational behavior professor at Stanford University. Power structures haven’t changed much over time. Pfeffer offers three theories of why workplace hierarchies are still going strong.
How to manage your image on the job
Your image can be affected by anything—such as whom you spend most of your time with and how you decorate your office. Watch out for these unintended—and unwanted—signals.