Career Corner
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How to Manage Your Boss – Part 1
Bosses can be viewed in many ways but the goal for you, as a subordinate, is to have your boss working for your career benefit. You want to have he or she become an advocate for you and your ability to contribute to the firm. -
How to Handle a Knowledgeable Boss
As mentioned in the previous article (How to Manage Your Boss Part 1), your goal is to have your boss be an advocate for you and your ability to contribute to the firm. In order to have your boss achieve this level of commitment to your career, you need to develop an effective strategy for handling your boss. Remember you are marketing yourself to your boss. -
When to Celebrate a Business or Personal Triumph
Even though many people are out-of-work or underemployed, we should not give up the idea of celebrating. So when is it appropriate to celebrate success? The best time to celebrate a significant accomplishment is instantly. Don’t wait or put off or find an excuse to delay a celebration that has been justly earned. -
Climbing the Ladder
It might seem strange to talk about changing jobs when there is a high unemployment rate, but talented people should not put their careers on hold due to macro-economic factors.
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The Disappearing Office Environment
In today's business world there are many jobs that have no traditional office environment. Many consultants, small business professionals and salespeople operate out of a virtual office. This trend allows for greater flexibility and reduces the cost of supporting a fixed location environment. Increasingly businesspeople carry with them all of their files and records that are necessary for the performance of their business duties or they can login to a corporate computer that has the files and records they need. -
More Tips to Make Your Next Meeting More Productive
Show slides and charts that use large type and have the minimum number of words necessary to make your point (slides and charts are summaries of what you are saying and are not speeches in their entirety) -
Make Your Next Meeting More Productive
There are basically two types of business meetings: brainstorming sessions and structured get-togethers. The former has little structure and encourages spontaneity; preplanning is minimized. The latter, on the other hand, should have a fair amount of structure and preplanning, which are essential for efficient utilization of staff time. We will dwell only on structured meetings. -
Pause ...before responding.
Today most of our lives are affected by emails and there is a great tendency to want to respond almost immediately. This is partly due to the nature of emails (quick, timely and easy to reply to). And then there's the old adage about time is money. Add it all up and we hit the reply button and type away.
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Improving Your Job Performance by Taking Time Off
Keeping your job and advancing your career are more difficult today than perhaps ever before. A common key to success is working long hours at the office as well as bringing work home. While this may get you "caught up", you risk the danger of getting too close to the problem and thus adopt the customary solutions. -
Networking Has Long Term Benefits
Whether the economy is up or down, whether your job seems secure or insecure, there are enormous long-term benefits to networking. There are many Internet sites that allow you to stay in touch with friends and former business associates. There is also a twitter and text messaging to let others know what you are doing and to remind them of your relationship.