BYTES: Expanding the cloud
If you already use Dropbox to store and access files no matter which computer you’re working on, you can enhance it with these add-ons:
Do you look like you can handle the job?
A growing body of research confirms what you may have suspected: Looks matter, especially when it comes to making a first impression on others. Surprisingly, though, it’s also the way people draw conclusions about our ability to do a job.
Be curious
To stay interested and excited about your work, Todd Kashdan, author of Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life advises you to, “Treat your workplace like a research lab. Even if you can’t lessen the number of seemingly mindless tasks…you can explore, experiment and discover what is novel about the assignments.”
Tips on managing someone else’s inbox
Keep on top of the boss’s or someone else’s inbox with these proven tips from the trenches: 1. Avoid duplicating work to the extent that you can. 2. Scan for timely actions. 3. Customize any system you adopt.
How to wield authority like an exec
Does your mind work like an executive’s? When Jodith Allen first stepped into the job of executive assistant, she received a swift lesson in thinking like a manager. Here’s what happened:
What makes an unsuccessful employee?
What don’t managers want from employees? Check out this list of flaws that describe unsuccessful employees, according to their bosses. The list was compiled by John Featherstone, author of Start Hiring Winners:
4 steps to conquering public speaking
Practice. That’s the best way to get comfortable with speaking in front of others. Although the idea of public speaking may sound terrifying, your confidence will get a major boost from stepping out of your comfort zone and into the spotlight.
Co-worker is now my (horrible) new boss
Question: “My previous manager was very supportive and a truly incredible leader. When she was promoted to a higher position, one of my co-workers replaced her. In the past, this person hardly ever spoke to me. Now she is taking the term “boss” to a whole new scary level. After asking each of us what we liked and disliked, she has taken away most of the “likes”…
How to assert your credibility
Affirm your credibility in a meeting with these five tactics:
Making the sale
No matter what you do in life, you have to sell something, writes author Michael Ellsberg—selling your boss on why he should promote you, selling your brilliant idea, or selling co-workers on why they should donate to your cause. How to sell, in a nutshell: