Spawn conference learning that lasts
Returning home after a conference with a stack of books, handouts and notes leads to the inevitable question: Now what? Make sure your newly gained knowledge stays with you:
Category: Career
Is management right for you?
Question: “I decided to apply for a management job. I expected to receive the same salary as my friend, who has a similar position with another team. When I got the promotion, my new boss didn’t say how much my raise would be. It turns out that I not only make less than my friend, but I also work about 50% more hours. I want to transfer to a different department, but I am not sure how to go about it.”
Good news for optimists
Some findings about folks who look on the sunny side, adapted from “Why It’s Smart to Be Optimistic”:
Is the job worth a nip and a tuck?
A 64-year-old receptionist in a Chicago doctor’s office—we’ll call her Jane—recently received an ultimatum: Do something about your thinning hair or be transferred to a job with less patient contact. Jane says, “I was absolutely devastated.” How far would you go to stay competitive by improving your looks?
Old ‘tales’ wag us all
Depending on our personal history, values, beliefs, language and culture, we bring a unique perspective to the workplace. Our perspective is what creates the stories we use to justify our behavior for taking or not taking action. These same stories explain our successes and failures and how we deal with others.
1-Minute Strategies: Feb. ’11
Let your body language broadcast your confidence … Keep track of your “must read” pile with Delicious.com. It’s a particularly useful tool for longer-term storage of important articles, and you can access it from any device … On your résumé, list accomplishments, not just job duties.
Self-quiz: Are you intuitive?
Psychiatrist Judith Orloff describes intuition as “a still, small voice inside … an unflinching truth-teller committed to our well-being.” Take this self-quiz to determine whether you have a connection with your intuitive voice:
Better decision-making
Neither Predictably Irrational nor Blink is new, but both nonfiction tomes continue to sell like gangbusters. And with good reason: Both titles help illuminate the way we think about choices and make decisions.
How to really achieve a goal
Set a goal by creating an image in your mind of what the achievement would look and feel like. Make it vivid with a vision board. If you can clearly see it, you can do it.
What your pet says about your career
Do you prefer cockatoos over cocker spaniels? According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, bird owners are more likely to be admin pros. The survey also revealed: