Move out of your comfort zone to get ahead
You like your company and your co-workers, but you’re bored. Chances are you’ve reached a plateau. Solution? Step out of your comfort zone.
Category: Personal Development
I’ll do it … tomorrow … sound familiar?
You’ve been meaning to make a doctor’s appointment/reorganize the shelves/have the oil changed, but you keep putting it off. Sound familiar? If you occasionally procrastinate, these simple measures will help you take a more proactive approach.
7 ways to use leverage–not that chip on your shoulder–to become more effective at work
When there’s something you want at work—an assignment, a raise, acknowledgment—make better use of your time by asking yourself who has the power to help you accomplish your goals and how well you’re managing those people. Apply our seven tips to leverage your skills and get what you want.
Fired? Laid off? Never saw it coming?
You’ve been fired, laid off, rendered redundant. Yet, no matter what the reason you were released, you never saw it coming. Here are lessons you can learn from a job loss—or prepare yourself for that possibility—so you can more easily dust yourself off and land the next job.
Use winning words to get what you want
Why do some people always seem to be successful at getting what they want? It’s their use of the power of persuasion, says Laurie Puhn, author of Instant Persuasion.
Achieve any goal in 5 steps
Knowing what you want from your career or personal life is step No. 1. Once you’ve set your goal, it’s time for step No. 2: achieving it. Here’s how.
5 ways to bust stress: No. 1 job killer
The No. 1 reason people quit their jobs? Excessive stress, says a recent study of 93 large companies. Take action before you feel so overwhelmed. Try these easy stress-busting techniques from Tevis Gale, career coach and head of the consulting firm Balance Integration.
Health corner: Position yourself to avoid strain
About 70 percent of American workers sit on the job. That helps explain the explosion in neck and back pain complaints among employees in recent years.
Want good treatment? Be a better customer
Want to be the sort of customer who gets priority treatment? Who regularly gets a supplier to lower their price when your exec asks for budget cuts, or compels the barista to add more whipped cream to her mocha lattés? Stick to these five behaviors that, in vendors’ eyes, make for a good customer, says Harvard Business School professor John Quelch.
Cap your conference with a post-con
Your big conference went off without a hitch. In fact, it went so smoothly, your boss might not realize how well you handled everything.