What is Your Greatest Personal Achievement at Work?
This isn’t always the most obvious, and it isn’t necessarily the achievement we put on our résumé.
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Posts about career, jobs, interviews and success at work.
A bit on the side: Is Moonlighting OK?
There are a number of considerations with moonlighting. Ignoring them could put your side venture at risk, and even worse, your main job.
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How to deal with intimidating people – Like a Pro
You’re quiet and don’t speak up to avoid being attacked. You probably avoid these people and dread contact. What can you do?
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The Five-Minute Performance Appraisal (with free template)
It can take six months, or even a year, so manager and employee to talk turkey about performance. Why does it have to take so long?
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Laid Off/Made Redundant? Here’s what to do with your finances
This is one of the worst things to happen – or so it feels at the time.
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How NOT to approach a Performance Appraisal – do these 5 things instead
Is your Performance Appraisal approaching? Avoid these things
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How to spot a stressed colleague; and what to do about it
Stress is a big problem in business. In the USA alone, $300bn is lost each year due to stress-related absence.
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5 Common Mistakes Not To Make When Answering Performance Appraisal Questions
When you’re in your performance appraisal, you want to be on top form, right? Don’t make the following common mistakes!
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Is Commitment to Action Killing Your Career?
Does a lack of commitment to taking the actions we agree on put our career at risk?
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How to review a business document: 6 Power Tips
Do you have to review business documents in your job, but not sure how to do it?
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The Secret of Getting to Know Colleagues: Invite them to Lunch
Just joined a new organization? Or struggling to make friends? Here is a tip to make stronger connections and improve working relationships.
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How to Answer “What do you do?” – like a Pro
Have you ever met a stranger and been asked “what do you do?” – of course you have. You probably answered wrongly by stating your Job Title.
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Why ‘Parity’ is Key during a Sales Meeting
Parity is when you behave and feel on a level with somebody else – and this could be a valuable tactic to present yourself confidently and share the value you can bring to a potential customer during a sales meeting. The classic imagery of a sales meeting is of the newbie salesperson nervously clutching their briefcase whilst being led into a room full of
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Why ‘Parity’ is Key during an Interview
Parity is when you behave and feel on a level with somebody else.
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How to Communicate Powerfully in your Workplace – Like a Pro
Developing strong communication skills is one of the most important things you can invest your time in.
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How to create your dream ‘no experience yet’ resume
Applying for that dream job? But you think you have no experience to talk about, and don’t know what to do about it…
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5 signs of Silo Mentality in your organization
Silo Mentality – present when a division, department or function does not willingly share information, resources and support to others. Do you see this?
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Why your attempts at networking keep on failing: 10 tips for networking success
Do you go to ‘networking events’ only to leave with a feeling of disappointment and self-loathing? Then you’re probably not approaching it the wrong way, and missing an essential purpose.
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Colleagues not Collaborating? How to become an Organizational Power Broker
Organizations can be complex. The bigger the organization, the greater the complexity. But you can be a power-broker to great effect!
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Why be Happy in our work?
Work is important to us. It fills most of our day. So why not be happy in it?
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I’m The Boss! The Truth Behind Positional Power
So you’re the boss now. You’ve worked hard for that promotion and now you’ve got new people working directly under you, hierarchically speaking. How will you use this new power to get your job done?
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