Performance review nightmare: When the boss’s facts are wrong
Things didn’t really happen the way your supervisor thinks, so is there a way to correct the mistaken impression without making the situation worse?
What it takes to build a great admin career
Julie Perrine says she’s an “accidental admin”—but once she got into it, she found she enjoyed the job and had the skills necessary to succeed at it. She’s worked in customer service, as an executive assistant and as a virtual assistant. In 2009, she launched All Things Admin and now does onsite workshops, training and speaking. We caught up with Perrine recently and talked about the changing role of admins and what it takes to get ahead in the profession now.
Overexplaining a past termination is a good way to not get hired again
Q: “My written termination notice misrepresents the reason that I no longer work for my former employer. It states that I failed to comply with the required start time of 8:00 AM. This is not the whole story, so I want to provide the actual facts in my upcoming job interviews. I don’t want to sell myself short by adhering to the company’s fiction that I was fired for tardiness, but I also don’t want to malign my former manager. How should I explain this situation?” Wronged
Tips to energize your teammates
To help your team accomplish a goal, show appreciation along the way to get them to the finish line.
Make the first 15 minutes at work count
Productive people start their workdays with actions that will keep them productive throughout the day, writes Yong Kang Chan for Lifehack. Here are a few favorites.
Wikipedia, both flavored and plain
Some entries on Wikipedia can be a bit overwhelming with extensive descriptions and obscure facts and figures. For a leaner page of helpful information, give Simple English Wikipedia a whirl. You can also replace the letters “en” in a link to a standard Wikipedia page with the word “simple” to produce a similar result.
The gentle art of persuasion
Persuasion plays a major role in our everyday conversations. We often try to get others to do something they weren’t doing before, says Dr. Mark Goulston, author of Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone.
MS Word quick tips
Microsoft Certified Trainer Melissa Esquibel shares three tips to get the most out of Word.
Hackers offer online safety tips
For people who want to protect their devices and personal information, CNN’s Jose Pagliery reached out to hackers to get their pointers.
Fear of public speaking can help you
Public speaking instills fear in even the most confident people, writes Dianna Booher, CEO of Booher Research. The key to conquering public speaking is using your fear to motivate you. Here are some of Booher’s suggestions to help you use your fear to give a great performance.