Career Advice
Strategies for Managing a Toxic Workplace
In an ideal world, each one of us would wake up excited to tackle the challenges of a new workday, brimming with enthusiasm for the tasks at hand. Yet, the reality often falls short of this aspiration. Many of us find ourselves grappling with toxic workplaces, environments that drain our energy, sap our motivation, and…
Read MoreTips to Help Get Promoted
Ready to get promoted? Use these tips to help get promoted. You have decided you want a promotion and are ready for a change and more responsibly. How do you go about getting promoted? Some questions to ask yourself first. Do you think you want to manage people? Are you more of a contributor and…
Read MoreHow to Be Successful With Your New Manager
Whether your manager is new because of a new job or because they are the new manager at your current work, it’s important to get off to a good start. If you make a good first impression and forge a productive working relationship, you could deepen your job satisfaction and advance your career. Try these…
Read More6 Strategies to Leave Work Stress Behind
April is Stress Awareness Month. The definition of stress: “a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation.” The part of that definition that we want to pay attention to is “may be a factor in disease causation.” It is important to remember that…
Read MoreTop 6 Ways to Ensure You Reach Your Goals
The New Year is the perfect time to start fresh. If there’s any aspect of your life that you’d like to improve, set clear and realistic goals for yourself that will help you get there. Try using these top 6 ways to ensure you reach your 2022 goals. Take It Slow – Work towards your…
Read MoreHow Coronavirus Is Humanizing Corporate America
Since coronavirus hit and started our adapting to working from home, it has had a very unusual side effect. It has humanized corporate America. When we were all going into the office, we would leave our personal life at home, for the most part, and put on our professional life and go to work. Put…
Read MoreWho’s the Boss? Switch Your Mindset: You Are
That’s right. Even if you are employed full-time, you are the boss of your career. Shifting your mindset to you are the boss, allows you to view yourself through a different lens to empower yourself, take control of your career, even your life. Thinking of yourself as the CEO of your own company allows you…
Read MoreStrategies for Managing Up
Managing up sometimes gets a bad rap. You’re not in elementary school anymore where you might have been made fun of, called a “suck up” or the “Teacher’s Pet.” This is a critical skill set in the corporate world and important to your career and job satisfaction. Whether you have the best manager in the…
Read MoreSummer Brain – How to Shake It Off
Unofficially, when we pass the Labor Day holiday, summer is in the rear-view mirror and fall is ahead. During these COVID-19 times, the workload seems to only get bigger and the days longer. Yet, our attitude shifts a little during summer. We are outdoors more enjoying the weather, vacations/stay-vacations happen, if you have kids, they’re…
Read MoreReady to Get Promoted? Tips to Help
Ready to get promoted? You have decided you want a promotion and are ready for a change and more responsibly. How do you go about getting promoted? Some questions to ask yourself first. Do you think you want to manage people? Are you more of a contributor and don’t want to manage people? Really think…
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