Corporate ladder, meet elevator
Corporate ladder, meet elevator
How to climb the corporate ladder without selling your soul
Working from home
Working from home
Covid-19 has many employees working from home. Because this is a new practice for many, I wanted to share some best practices to ensure success as you work from home.
Working from home isn’t anything new. Folks have been working from home successfully since the dawn of time.
All employees attend corporate training. How your participation level or lack of participation can kick start or shutter your career.
Providing feedback should be approached as a favor given, not an accusation
Scripts for providing feedback
This is the third in a series on the topic of giving feedback to your manager. For most of us, this can be an intimidating conversation because no one wants to upset the person who has influence over their career.
Your team members fly is open. Does that have to be a tough conversation?
The tough conversation doesn’t have to be tough
Last week we discussed why your manager might be difficult to work with. This week’s topic was supposed to discuss scripts to use, but I realized I missed a step prior to the conversation.
I have an incompetent manager
Your manager sucks. We have all worked for them. Maybe someone in positional power is an ass and could benefit from feedback for improvement. You may feel your incompetent manager shouldn’t have their role. We have all thought it at one point in our career and this is OK.
You know she is asking for what she really wants!
Budget request
Ever put together a budget request for a special project? When you are working on a project that requires employee hours or financial resources, is your budget request on point? One of the most common career mistakes a person can make is not asking for enough.