Stop doing that … and that
If your job squares with the Pareto Principle, 80 percent of the results come from 20 percent of your work. So, you’re probably investing much of your time on assignments that yield little return.
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Ego traps that can sabotage your career
What are the most common foibles that cause promising professionals to fail? These are the traps that can bring you down.
Manage the details, beat the ‘devil’
The devil, as they say, is in the details. In so many workplace situations today, though, the devil is in the abstract phrases that we seem all too eager to accept. The result: misunderstanding and mistakes. And that only makes you look bad.
Train yourself to coach better
Training another employee, particularly an underperformer, provides an opportunity to put your expertise and professionalism front and center. Here’s how to coach your colleague to his or her best performance and get your player into the game.
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.
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.
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.
Can you decode these terms?
FYI, the CEO wants the HR and IT reports ASAP. We rely on thousands of acronyms and initialisms, and in many cases, one set of letters can have a wide variety of meanings. Here’s a test of some of the most common office terms.
How to overcome your ‘fear narrative’
Having self-doubt on the job? Don’t obsess over it. Some otherwise capable employees sabotage themselves by finding patterns that aren’t really there, telling themselves that they “always mess up when the pressure’s on.”
Fly in formation
Raising teamwork to the next level doesn’t mean you must hire team-building consultants and send employees on Outward Bound. Take these simpler steps.