by Mike Myatt | Leadership, Workplace tips
Should you play to your strengths or shore-up your weaknesses?
If you pose this question to a group of professionals some will answer play to your strengths, some will answer shore-up weaknesses and others will answer both.
The truth is that they are all correct to a degree.
The real answer lies in understanding context, environment and priority of the situation to which the question is being posed.
Continued professional growth, leading to increased performance over time, is what separates the good from the great. Rapidly evolving markets demand that successful business people have fluidity in their approach to professional development. However many executives and entrepreneurs focus on the wrong areas, at the wrong times, and for the wrong reasons in their efforts to refine and improve their skill sets. In today’s post I’ll share insights on how to prioritize your professional development efforts. (more…)
by Jane Perdue | Leadership, Workplace tips
“After Tessa got away with simply saying I’m working on project xyz in the daily readout session I started doing the same. No point in doing the extra prep work if I didn’t have to.”
“Didn’t your boss call you out for not sharing issues, obstacles and accomplishments like you’re supposed to?”
“He never said a word.”
This exchange occurred in a meeting in which the company owner was explaining how ineffective the daily readout sessions had become and how the new online data reporting system would fix the communication problems. (more…)
by Jane Perdue | Leadership, Workplace tips
“Tell me why you never talked to Josh about the problems with his job performance.”
“I didn’t want to hurt his feelings.”
This dialogue happened during legal discovery as part of an unlawful-termination lawsuit. (more…)
by Gerry Czarnecki | Workplace tips
We should always be ready for the next job, even if we don’t know what it is.
I often tell people that I never really got the job I wanted or planned for, but that I got many others that were great for both me and my career.
It’s impossible to know what the next job is, but I think there are two ways to make certain you’re always ready:
- Do a great job in your current job, and
- Continue to learn and grow yourself, your skills and your knowledge. (more…)
by Mark Hopkins | Workplace tips
Today’s guest author is Mark Hopkins. Mark spent twenty-five years deciphering the factors that make some people prosperous, successful and happy. After building a leadership career with companies like Hewlett Packard and Emerson Electric, he founded Peak Industries, a medical device contract manufacturer, which he grew to $75 million and later sold to Delphi. He is the author of Shortcut to Prosperity: 10 Entrepreneurial Habits and a Roadmap For An Exceptional Career.
Considering an opportunity and not sure if you should pursue it?
This happens to most of us every day.
For the big ones—a new job, a promotion, the opportunity to start a company—think like an entrepreneur and take the time to assess your personal situation using the following criteria: (more…)
by Beverly Flaxington | Workplace tips
Today’s guest author is Beverly Flaxington, a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA), and career and business adviser. She’s the author of five business and financial books, including the award-winning, Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior, and her latest, Make Your SHIFT: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make to Get Where YOU Want to Go.
By the time you get at or near the top of the food chain at your company, you’ve made hundreds of formal and informal presentations to employees, investors, managers, clients, and others.
Chances are, however, that the last time you worked on your presentation skills was back in B-school.
How effective are you, really? Do your presentations consistently motivate others to action? Are they inspiring? (more…)
