Overcoming those career obstacles
Every career comes with its share of challenges, but great employees overcome them. Deloitte CEO Joe Echevarria recently shared his best advice for overcoming whatever career obstacles you may face.
Dramatic Slide Backgrounds
Did you ever see a slide whose background was a photo that took up the whole slide? Perhaps it was washed out like a background with bullet points in the forefront. Or, maybe the photo was the main message and was accompanied by just a few words. It looks slick, but it’s really easy.
4 ways to be more present & productive
The world is moving fast these days and employees need to get a lot done while maintaining focus and accuracy, writes Anita Bruzzese, who offers four things to remember to help you be more present and productive at work.
Providing value through your work
Success is not measured by the quality you have in your own work, but by the value you offer others in their work, writes Ben Drake, communications and branding leader at be-influential.com, who offers these value-adding tips.
Guess what you forgot again?
We’ve all done it—sent an email mentioning an attachment which, whoops, you neglected to attach. Avoid this head-slapper by getting into the habit of attaching your file first, before you even fill out the recipients in the To: line and compose the email message itself.
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4 technical time-savers
Time and money are precious. You can save both with these tips from tech writer Alex Castle.
State every complaint in terms of cold, hard logic
Q: “A colleague and I manage different teams in the same program, but his group never does their share of the work. I told him about my concerns, but he just ignored me. When I complained to our supervisor, he defended my co-worker. I’ve gone two more levels up the management chain, but no one seems interested in improving the situation. What do I do now?” At Wit’s End
Take the sting out of rude behavior
When you’re stung by a co-worker’s rude remark, or worse, a bit of verbal abuse, the trick is to stay cool. Blowing up or storming out won’t help matters, and letting the remark slide only ensures that it will happen again.
How’s the skill set of your admin team?
Most people work hard and do their best on the job, but feedback can always help us to do better. Outside of regular performance reviews, how can you get feedback on what you’re doing well and what you could be doing better?