How To Handle A Bad Boss: 7 Strategies For ‘Managing Up’ – Or just managing? A difficult boss is one of the most common and most frustrating situations in the workplace. Even those who say they get on great their boss, and their boss admires them are usually faking. Truth is that most human beings […]
Ever walk around the office and notice the differences among workspaces? Some are so neat with not a paper out of place, while others look as struck by a cyclone. While most bosses don’t impose strict neatness rules, they often point out the appearance of efficiency of those who keep a neat desk. I have […]
Time to start preparing for your year end review. Where does the time go? Seems like yesterday we were sitting in the boss’s stammering to come up with our achievements for last year. Remember the lump in your throat when asked, “So what were your biggest accomplishments?” You can probably still feel that ice-cold bead […]
More and more news comes to the surface of nations spying on nations, and government spying on citizens. The popular reason is that it prevents terrorist attacks; during the cold war it was to deter world annihilation. Not withstanding the political and social ramifications, the ever-increasing perceived need to know what everyone is talking about […]
“The Quick and Easy Performance Appraisal Phase Book ” by Patrick Alain I am grateful for the invitation from Career Press to write a review of “The Quick and Easy Performance Appraisal Phrase Book”– By Patrick Alain. Have you ever drawn a blank on the right way to express the way a staffer performs his […]
“The Young Professional’s Guide To Managing” by Aaron McDaniel I am grateful for the invitation from Career Press to write a review of “The Young Professional’s Guide To Managing”– By Aaron Mc Daniel. Becoming a manager is a big transition for everyone no matter what their age. Most of us, who report to a manager, […]
HOW TO WORK FOR AN IDIOT” by John Hoover PhD I am thankful for the invitation from Career Press to review the revised edition of: How To Work For An Idiot – Survive And Thrive Without Killing Your Boss In his revised version of “How To Work For An Idiot”, Dr. John Hoover PhD has […]
The Titleless Leader” By Nan S. Russell I am thankful for the invitation from Career Press to review: The Titleless Leader-How to Get Things Done When You’re Not in Charge – By Nan S. Russell. One of most challenging situations in the workplace is to have responsibility without authority. No matter what your position, your […]
I am grateful for the invitation from Career Press to write a review of “The Young Professional’s Guide To Managing”– By Aaron Mc Daniel. Becoming a manager is a big transition for everyone no matter what their age. Most of us, who report to a manager, daydream, think and even plan what we would do […]
The CEO Code ” David Rohlander I am grateful for the invitation from Career Press to review: The CEO Code – By David Rohlander. In modern corporate culture, the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) is the highest-ranking management member, the top of the pyramid. The CEO Code by David Rohlander bridges the gap David Rohlander’s new […]
The New Year is at hand, and most of us are rethinking what we did over the last year, and making New Year’s resolutions for the coming year. Problem is very few resolutions survive the first month of the New Year. There are a host of reasons given by psychologists why we make and fail […]
Not Enjoying Christmas? I got up rather early this morning. It did not have anything to do with Christmas – We (my wife and I) picked out our gifts together. If it were not for the tradition of having gifts under the tree, and my daughter coming for a visit we most likely would have […]
Did you ever have a challenge or an issue, and you had no one to talk it over with? You may try talking with friends or coworkers, but they just don’t seem to get it, or their advice seems tainted with self-interest. Usually by the time we have started our careers, we are beyond our […]
This is a common question on a host of topics from being late for work to quitting a job. I look at Yahoo.answers almost everyday, and respond to questions it the Career and Employment Category. There are a variety of questions related to the workplace and careers, but it seems there are large percentage of […]
Many of us study hard and prepare to fully answer any interview questions, which may be thrown at us. The old curve ball questions, like what animal would you choose to be, or if you could change one thing the world what would be? Are supposedly used to check ones imagination. I took a course […]
In focusing on what makes for a good boss, or a good job. There are many theories, and number of items on a composite wish list is long. Have you ever tried to come up with a list of things that would make your boss more tolerable, or make you job more satisfying? I never […]
By Cheryl Stein, Monster Canada Personal Coach http://career-services.monster.com/yahooarticle/get-along-with-coworker-you-hate#WT.mc_n=yta_fpt_article_get_along The reality of life is that sometimes we have to work with people we don’t like. Worse than that, sometimes we end up working with people we absolutely hate and wish we could vaporize into oblivion. Although making people disappear is not a good (or viable!) option, […]
7 SIMPLE STEPS FOR ACHIEVING YOUR DREAMS BY SCOTT ARMSTRONG http://evolutionezine.com/7-simple-steps/ Today we are going to talk about seven simple steps for achieving your dreams. I personally have used these steps to manifest my own dream life and all of the important goals that comprise it; such as qualified for and ran in the 100th […]
Unless we work for ourselves, most of us have to cope with a boss. What makes a boss more challenging to cope with than other authority figures? Why is more important to learn to cope with your boss? For one thing the circumstances of working are much different the environment in which we were raised. […]
Posted on July 11, 2012 by Staff Writers http://www.top10onlineuniversities.org/the-less-glamorous-careers-advice-and-fact.html Few children tout that they want to be an accountant or a petroleum engineer when they grow up, even if the expertise required by those jobs make them amongst the highest paying careers. Rather, children have big dreams about becoming actors, artists, or writers with a […]