Corporate ladder, meet elevator
Corporate ladder, meet elevator
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.
Are you getting all of your new ideas launched and executed?
How do you present new ideas at work?
Have you ever pitched an idea to our boss and run into a brick wall? Was your idea shot full of holes or dismissed? Today I provide insight into why some new ideas get off the ground and others die on the vine.