Set goals you’ll actually accomplish
If you’re always setting goals you never seem to accomplish, the problem may be that you’re doing it wrong. Next time, try these tips from Ken Cheo, principal at Winfree Business Growth Advisors.
Category: Career
1-Minute Strategies: December ’12
Fight procrastination … Bring all your calendars in sync … Become a great networker … Seize the power of LinkedIn recommendations …
3 steps to develop your career monthly
Whether your employer is offering career-development opportunities or not, you need to make sure you’re always growing and sharpening your skills by doing three things each month, writes Heather R. Huhman.
Turn enemies into accomplishments
If you’re like most people, you “deal” with difficult co-workers by trying to avoid them as much as possible. But every time you hide in the shadows as the Difficult One comes around the corner, you miss another opportunity to enhance your career.
Is being yourself turning toward TMI?
Call it the “Facebookification” of the workplace—employees of all generations are sharing way too much personal information with their colleagues and superiors, writes author and executive coach Peggy Klaus.
Resuscitate a damaged reputation
If you have acted poorly in the past, your reputation may still be suffering even if you have since changed your ways, writes career coach Dorothy Tannahill-Moran. There’s no surefire way to fix the damage, but a few techniques may help.
APC offers chance to network, learn
Keynote speakers at the Administrative Professionals Conference this year included motivational speaker J.R. Martinez and personal financial expert Manisha Thakor. Among the key themes:
Strategize, then pitch your great idea
Winning over your boss and co-workers to “see things your way” is a key component of success. Here are three ways to raise the odds that you’ll get what you want.
Express emotions the right way
If you find yourself losing control at work, it’s important to step back and see what’s really happening—as hard as that can be to do in the moment.
1-Minute Strategies: November ’12
Create PDFs on the spot … Keep track of the boss’s flights … What you can learn from free LinkedIn stats … End conversations gracefully … Strengthen your secret questions.