Deciding to Stay Out of Office Politics Altogether Isn’t an Effective Strategy. As long as it’s going on around you, you’re going to be affected by it. It’s a lot better to be a competent, conscious player than to be a bystander or a pawn in the game. Here we are, more than 14 […]
How can you tell whose career advice you can trust? Is she a human resources expert who has written the book on creating attractive workplaces for top talent? Is she a personal development expert who’s written the book on acquiring new skills today for the office of tomorrow? “Ask for feedback of the perfect […]
Research has Proven that the Quality of Sleep is Much more Important than the Quantity of Hours you Sleep. Have you ever slept 9 hours but woken up still feeling tired and groggy? This is where the lack of quality of sleep comes in. Reflect on your day before you go to bed. Having a nightly routine […]
Recruiters Skim Resumes in Seconds & Still Glean enough Information to Decide on a Candidate. I have fond this to be true across industries, positions and levels. I have recruited for a variety of industries (financial services, management consulting, tech, media, non-profit), positions (client-facing, administrative, strategy, creative) and levels (unpaid interns thru multiple six-figure hires), […]
When it comes to your career, sometimes it feels like you could use all the advice you can get. From picking the “right” career to actually excelling in it, there’s certainly a lot to learn. And that’s why we’ve gathered our all-time best career advice. From starting out at the bottom of the totem pole […]
“What we Found Across our Studies is that Obesity Serves as a Proxy for Low Competence,” Schweitzer said in a release. “People judge obese people to be less competent even when it’s not the case.” We’re often biased to see overweight people as less capable in the workplace. What factors would you consider when evaluating […]
Management Consultants Insist that a 20% Vital Few really Matter in Companies, a Large Middle Just do their Jobs, & Another 10% or 20% Should be Encouraged to Leave or Be Fired. Back in the late 19th century, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto observed that 80 percent of the land was owned by 20 percent […]
It Doesn’t Matter What Field you Operate In or The Size of your Business; as data collection, analysis, and interpretation become more readily accessible, they will have an impact on every business in several important ways. If You’re Still Saying, “Big Data isn’t Relevant to my Company,” You’re Missing the Boat. I firmly believe that […]
All of this Points to a Major Change in How we Need to Recruit, Train & Manage People. Many long-held practices, such as individual performance assessments and compensation will have to be reassessed. The best performers are no longer the hard driving executives that can impose their force of will, but those who can engender […]
I Don’t have an MBA. I Never took a Business Studies Class in High School. What Do I Know about Running & Growing a Business? I wasn’t about to quit my job, join an MBA program, and then start a business. I didn’t have the time, patience, or money for that. I spent $237.91 on 22 […]