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If Someone Had Told Me Sooner…
Every professional trial and triumph brought you here today—hopefully somewhere amazing! But what if you had changed even one thing? Would you have achieved better, quicker, or totally different results? You can’t change the past, but you never know when insight into your career—maybe a path you wish you’d taken or a choice you wish […]
Performance Review How-to—Never Say These Four Things
Performance reviews can be stressful, especially if you’re only getting feedback once a year. And when you’re stressed, your words don’t always come so easily—they can even come out wrong! You don’t want to botch this valuable opportunity to showcase your hard work, especially if you are asking for a raise.
How to Gracefully Decline Extra Work
Your home office may be open all hours, but that doesn’t mean you have to sit in it at 2 a.m. because your boss keeps piling on extra work. You can and should have a say in whether to accept extra work that’s beyond your regular scope or that you just don’t have time to […]
How to Survive a Bad Workweek
Are you having a week you just wish would end? Whether it’s a looming deadline, poor feedback, or another snippy email exchange with that coworker, we all have weeks that leave us clambering for the finish line. But take heart! Your bad workweek will end, and this guide can help you ride it out.
Marketable Soft Skills to Develop Now
Soft skills, like delegation, creativity, and adaptability, turn good leaders into great leaders. And while some soft skills might come easily to you, you might have to work at others. For those skills you haven’t quite mastered yet, now is the perfect time to develop your professional skillset and secure a stronger position in tomorrow’s […]
5 Steps to Strengthen Your LinkedIn Connections
Quality, not quantity, reigns in networking: Those ten meaningful LinkedIn connections yield long-term results, not the thousands of random connections. Here’s how to build meaningful LinkedIn connections that last.
5 Steps to Becoming a Better Team Player
Being a good team player is even more important when we’re removed from our office teammates and in close quarters with our housemates. But teamwork does not always come naturally to employees and homebound families, who are collaborating now more than ever. The first step to becoming a better collaborator? Becoming a better team player […]
Stay Socially Adept During Remote Work
Your soft skills are more important than ever now you’re working from home. Without the water cooler and casual cubicle conversations, it can be tough to form social relationships with such little face time! After all, who knows what a respectful, funny, or empathetic person you are? Your results often shine brighter than your personality […]
Improve Your Professionalism in 2022
You’ve taken the trainings and learned the programs, but how confident do you feel about your overall career outlook this year? Your soft skills, particularly your professional presence, can make or break your chances of success as much as—if not more than—your technical skills. The goods news? You can shape an intentional professional presence, and […]
Intentionally Steer Your Career in 2022
A quarter of us will break our new year’s resolutions within the first week of making theme (oh no!). A better choice? Resolving to take care of your career this new year can bring long-lasting, life-changing results. Here’s how to start steering your career toward success in 2022.
Companies Worth Working for in 2022
Great companies know how to hire awesome employees like you and keep them happy. At these companies, the employees stay for decades and grow to be stronger brand ambassadors than when they started. So what are some things to look for when searching for one of these forever companies?
Workday Efficiency, Three Ways
Is it 5 o’clock already? You worked all day, you ate at your desk, and you had your hands in a bit of everything. You are ex-hau-sted. And then you realize you didn’t do any tasks you had planned that day. It’s easy to get caught up in the email, meetings, calls, and spontaneous fire-fighting […]
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The “better” way to conduct layoffs
Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]
Resolve conflict like a champ
We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
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