How to Protect Your Most Precious Asset
Money and investments are certainly high on the list of precious assets. However, you can earn back money you lost or find new investment opportunities. Another precious assest is professional relationships. Your professional network is extremely important to your success. However, to a large extent, your network is in fact renewable. You can repair wounded…
Read MoreSeven Conversations Every Leader Needs to Master
Do you ever wonder if you are as influential as you could be? Are you using the right influence style for each situation? Many leaders use one approach for every situation. Sometimes this works, most times not. However, by developing greater flexibility and range with influencing, you bring the right style per situation. By using…
Read MoreHow to Build Your Network for Success
Traditional networking advice says to reach out to your current network and have your ask for your next step. Which is great for your next step. What about your more long-term goal? Think about how you build your future network for success, by planning out the next 3 – 5 years. Future proof your professional…
Read MoreWays to Reward People for a Job Well Done
Acknowledging a job well done is a simple, easy way to motivate and retain valuable employees. Something as simple as “thank you” goes a long way. Praise and rewards can do wonders to bolster an employee’s self-confidence and morale. No one can deny the effect praise and recognition can have on people. When you praise…
Read MoreOffice Break Room Etiquette
You all know the person I’m talking about. Of course, it isn’t you. They leave a mess when they’re done, talk really loud, and eat your food from the refrigerator. The office break room is a place for camaraderie among colleagues. Not a place to assume someone else will clean up after you. Remember what…
Read MoreHow to Reduce Favoritism in the Workplace
Whether you’re the boss playing favorites at work or it’s your boss, it can take a heavy toll on emotional wellbeing and productivity. As the boss, you might not even be aware you are doing it or if it’s happening to you, your morale might dwindle when you see an apparently less-deserving coworker receiving plum…
Read MoreThe Secret to Cultivating Gratitude at Work
If you like how gratitude makes you feel, you might want to bring those habits with you to work. Some big companies are experimenting with the idea. Recent studies show that employee appreciation programs can increase team spirit, morale, productivity and in return a more positive work place. On the other hand, the workplace can…
Read MoreFire Your Boss and Start Your Own Business
Are you that person that always dreamed of starting your own business and being your own boss? Have an idea for a product or service that will change the world? Want to get out of the daily grind of working for someone else? There is no better time to do it, than now! Here are…
Read More5 Tips to Successfully Change Careers
I’ve been sharing with you different steps on how to make a career change in the last few blogs. Today, I’ll share with you 5 tips to be successful at changing your career. Just remember, it takes patience and time to make any major change in life, and a career change is no different. Make…
Read More3-Step Process for Your Next Big Career Move
Whether you’ve just graduated college, recently joined the workforce and not happy with your job, or have been in the workforce for several years and getting bored, it’s always the right time to think about your career. The question of “What do I do now?” or “Where do I go next?” can be answered with…
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