From Inside the Room Where Decisions About Your Career are Made.
From Inside the Room Where Decisions About Your Career are Made.
How to climb the corporate ladder without selling your soul
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What Managers Taught Me — Including the Ones I Didn’t Respect
The best management lesson I ever received didn’t come from the best manager I ever had.
It came from watching someone do it wrong.
The Manager Who Told You Everything Was Fine
Early in my career, I had a manager who didn’t/couldn’t give real feedback. Not the kind that stings a little and then actually helps.
Most employees assume promotions and opportunities come from favoritism or visibility. Inside leadership meetings, the conversation sounds very different. Managers quietly look for a small set of behavioral signals that tell them who they can trust with bigger responsibility.
The epitome of entitled. Would you want this guy working for you?
Most Employees Don’t Realize They’re Making a Career-Ending Mistake
That sounds ridiculous, but it’s true — and it’s the foundation of employee entitlement at work.
Some of this mindset is generational,
Why you should stay in your lane
Stay in your lane!
Since this blog started, I have preached that we must do more than the assigned job description to get ahead at work. I have stated:
Most likely,
Reassess before you turn in your resignation
13 reasons why accountants turn in their resignation letter
One of the smartest guys I know, a VP of Accounting, recently shared a post about employee resignations. We had an interesting discussion on the topic, so I decided to share it. Thank you, TB.
The list below left me frustrated and, frankly, sad. I realized the list applies to more than accounting positions.
Secret: most managers bucket your employee performance into one of three tiers. Your career is dependent on which tier you are in. What these tiers are and how to make sure your performance is being judged correctly.
Has your career stalled? HR executive explains why some careers take off and why some fall flat. Signs you have a stalled career, why your career stalled, and how to jump-start your career with three simple steps.
Promotions feel mysterious because most professionals never hear the criteria behind the decision. Here’s how managers actually evaluate who gets promoted.