Many companies tout the importance of honesty at work, shrugging off concerns by throwing around words like "transparency" and "accountability." And for good reason: with recent workplace scandals making media headlines, it's important for companies to establish a culture of honesty in the workplace. For employees, it's a fine to walk between honesty, dishonesty, and tactful discretion. If they are too honest, and employees risk their professional reputation. Not being honest enough could mean that their credibility is questioned. So when should you practice honesty at work? And when should you keep your honesty to yourself? … [Read more...] about Honesty at Work: When (and When Not) To Tell The Truth
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Glossophobia: What It Is and How to Beat It
The dreaded day has finally arrived. After sweating through another restless night of sleep, you roll out of bed in fear of one of the most common phobias that plague mankind. No, we're not talking about rolling out of bed into the range of a lonely spider. We're talking about glossophobia, a fancy term that describes the inexorable fear of speaking in front of an audience. Oh, the audience doesn't have to number into the hundreds. You can experience glossophobia simply by getting up in front of a small group of your professional peers. Let's gloss over this fear by taking five steps to beat it. … [Read more...] about Glossophobia: What It Is and How to Beat It
Passed Over for Promotion? Don’t Get Pissed, Get Even
No one wants to be in a position where they're passed over for promotion, but this can certainly be a turning point in your career. So what do you do if you get passed over for a promotion? It may be tempting to act with an attitude and lower the quality of your work, but that’s an amateur move. What’s the best way to handle this situation? Don’t get pissed - work harder to get even by improving yourself. … [Read more...] about Passed Over for Promotion? Don’t Get Pissed, Get Even
Grow Your Sales By Closing the Deal
The method in which people purchase things they want and need is continuously changing. In the not so distant past, people used to drive to the store and buy whatever they needed or wanted to have. Nowadays, a person can still drive to the store to make a purchase, or they can stay at home and order the products online. They have to wait for their product, but it still comes magically delivered to their front door. … [Read more...] about Grow Your Sales By Closing the Deal
3 Career / Study Changes You Can Do to Reinvent Yourself
Some people are lucky enough to find one job they love, advance in it, rise to the highest level and remain rewarded, satisfied and fulfilled for their whole careers. Nowadays, this just isn’t the reality for most people. It’s very common to change careers at least once in a lifetime. It’s also possible to have more than one job in your career by way of a side gig. None of this is uncommon anymore because the world has changed significantly. People live longer and are more likely to change what they are interested in, they also find their purpose later on their lives and the internet has opened them up to many new opportunities. … [Read more...] about 3 Career / Study Changes You Can Do to Reinvent Yourself
The Role of Corporate Culture in Talent Acquisition
It is more costly to fire an employee than to retain one. As a business, you will have to incur the immediate costs of a severance package and ensuring that the firing process was successful enough. This also includes involving the different departments, such as IT, to ensure that the employee's access to the company's system is barred. … [Read more...] about The Role of Corporate Culture in Talent Acquisition
Top 3 Benefits of Manual Labor
When’s the last time you washed your clothes by hand or even cooked a meal from scratch? With technology comes laziness and all its detriment. Modern cultures have lost the pleasure of manual labor, which is why you should incorporate it back into your life for these three reasons. … [Read more...] about Top 3 Benefits of Manual Labor
How to Circumvent Your Boss
If you are wondering how to circumvent your boss, we have prepared several career tips and info to consider before taking the super-duper risky step. It’s a problem that most people end up encountering no matter what their job is. How do you go over your boss’s head without committing career suicide? A person with micromanaging boss characteristics can be incredibly difficult to deal with. Before bypassing your boss, I recommend you go through this checklist first. And then, if you still decide to take the calculated risk, we have some ideas on how to disrupt the hierarchy without getting the boot. Here is how to circumvent your boss and live to tell the story. Step 1: Question your motivation. Drill down to the specifics of why you want to go over your boss’s head. Is it because you feel your ideas are dying on the cutting room floor? Are your concepts and successes being hijacked as your supervisor’s own? Are you looking to exact revenge for an incident or circumstance? … [Read more...] about How to Circumvent Your Boss
Who Are Stakeholders and What They Mean to You
Everybody has heard the term but who are stakeholders? Stakeholders seems like one of those “business terms” that everybody throws around, without knowing what the heck they're talking about. Finding a way to define stakeholders isn’t easy because the definition is vague in and of itself. But, let’s try to explore what a stakeholder is, and how it could be affecting you more than you might think. … [Read more...] about Who Are Stakeholders and What They Mean to You
Careers To Consider If You Are In Love With The Great Outdoors
The outdoor work landscape, unknown to many, has an abundance of well paying, fulfilling and respectable job opportunities, with The Bureau of Labor Statistics expecting the number to grow to 30,813,700 by 2024. The cubicle life, suffice to say, is not for everyone. Choosing the right career is key to work happiness and fulfillment. Some people prefer walking in the woods in hiking boots and athleisure wear, the wind in their hair, over wearing a suit and sitting in an office from 9 to 5, and for these people, there are endless work opportunities out in the wild. … [Read more...] about Careers To Consider If You Are In Love With The Great Outdoors