Advice Making quick assumptions could be clouding your abilities Making assumptions in business can have drastic effects.
Advice Confronting the to-do list: Four common responses to being overloaded Overload is something we invariably feel at some stage or another.
Advice How to overcome networking anxiety December is a month in which we are either steaming ahead to the finish line or wrapping things up while looking forward to next year.
Advice Five tips on removing fear and becoming a better presenter No doubt each of us has seen dozens of presentations in our lives, throughout our education years and then again through working life.
News & Views 10 tips to regain balance It’s well into February! Are you already racing to get ahead of what’s shaping up to be a manic year? Join the club of people back from the January break and already feeling overwhelmed and hugely unfit (in the work productivity stakes).
News & Views Ellen Pao, discrimination, poor performance & the double standards that punish women On Friday, a former Silicon Valley junior investing partner, Ellen Pao, lost a sex discrimination case against her employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byer.
News & Views How to handle stress (without losing it) Are you caving in to stress? Are you building up resentment against a colleague whose communication style differs from yours? Have you exploded recently or said unpleasant things you regret? Did you project your stress onto someone else? Maybe it was cathartic, maybe it helped and things settled down with apologies on both sides, but has the air cleared? Has anyone fully realised and taken responsibility for their own contribution to the issues? Most of us react to stress one way or another – we either “introspect” and bottle up tension, or release it like a champagne cork with someone copping it in the eye.
News & Views How to stop being negative Do you ever feel bad? Does anyone working with you feel emotional or angry? Let’s explore the kind of feelings that can impact your work negatively and what kind of mindset scripts can help you work around those feelings to get back on track.
News & Views Are you an office doormat? If you care about doing your job well and (equally) the opinion of others, have you occasionally been up for the Office Doormat award? “No!” you think, “I’ve always stuck up for my rights, as well as my responsibilities.
News & Views 15 traits of ideal co-workers Ahh, the ideal co-worker – how many do you know? The good news is we’re all likely to encounter one or two such paragons somewhere along the line.
News & Views How to STOP workplace bullying (and cope if you’re being bullied) Last week I wrote about intimidation and bullying.
News & Views Sick of politicians? Seven reasons we get turned off This indeed is an interesting time to be evaluating leaders and politicians, with the US presidential election heating up, the UK Prime Minister resigning, and, closer to home, our political stars out to impress in the last few days before the federal election.