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Ideal Times to Conduct Business that Maximizes ROI
The short answer: Not Mondays or Fridays. Not to say Mondays and Fridays are throwaway days, but this goes to show, that 3-hour all-staff “week in review” meeting is not your best bet on a Friday morning (or ever, because who wants to sit through a 3-hour meeting?). When it comes to conducting important business, […]
Get More Professional in 2019
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 hard skills. The goods news? You can shape an intentional professional presence. And […]
Your Coworkers Should Come With Manuals
We often hear new parents say that their baby should come with a manual—a guidebook on how to deal with this tiny, unknown human. Wouldn’t that be easier, to know how to best support someone if that person can’t communicate their needs? Now let’s apply this thinking to an office team. In this melting pot […]
How Is That Open Office Space Working for You?
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Open office layouts have been trending for a while now—nearly 70 percent of offices have some type of open floor plan, with areas of partitionless, collaborative seating, or areas of low partitions. Some companies have done away with assigned seating altogether. But the question remains: How effective is an open office layout?
Stuck in a Rut?
You wake up, get ready for work, sit at your desk, and realize . . . you’re not excited for your day to begin. You don’t feel like doing much of anything. You have no goals for the day, the week, or for any kind of future with the company. How did your day-to-day get […]
Are You Ready to Change Roles Within Your Company?
You’ve proven your worth at your current company, and you’re ready for a new challenge! Whether you’re moving up or moving out of your department, effectively transitioning to a new role requires some careful planning.
Make the Most of Your Last Day of Work
Few things feel stranger than your last day on the job. You’ve written a desk manual, passed off your projects, and are basically watching the minute hand so you can move on, right? What a waste! Here’s how you can use your last day to set up a better professional future.
So You Want to Be a Manager—Here’s How
You’ve done your time, worked hard, and you’re ready to move to the next stage of your career: management! Becoming a manager means more money, more responsibility, more opportunity, and inevitably, more stress and scrutiny, so you’ll want to be certain about your choice to walk this path, and know it will be fraught with […]
Do You Have the Wrong Mentor?
The right mentor can help you network, work through challenges, and get to know yourself from a different perspective. It should be easy to see the benefits of a positive and productive mentor-mentee relationship. But how can you spot a mentor who may not be so beneficial?
Five Lesser Known Reasons You Could Get Fired
It’s easier than you think to get fired. You don’t have to embezzle, fail to show up, or curse out the entire office. What’s worse, employers don’t even have to tell you why they’re letting you go. If you’re an at-will employee, you can be shown the door at any time for just about any […]
5 Ways to Build a High Performance Project Team
If you’re like most companies, up to 80 percent of your employees’ work time is spent collaborating as part of a team. Teams can provide benefits well beyond an individual employee’s work, blending diversity and experience to create faster, more innovative problem-solving. When the team is built on a strong foundation, team members will trust […]
What Your Boss Won’t Tell You
What kind of relationship do you have with your boss? Do you see each other once a month at your one-on-one meeting, or do you duet on “I Got You Babe” every Friday at happy hour? Distant or close, your boss is unlikely to be so candid as to reveal every juicy tidbit about your […]
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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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