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Every Monday, 25 new links to important news and advice on career management, work/life balance, personal & professional development, retirement planning, and more. |
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| 1. If the suit fits... | An open-shirt policy once made executives unfit to be tied. But now men and women who dress up for work are back in good company. | ||
| 2. A child's place in the office | Taking your kids to work isn't the novelty it used to be. | ||
| 3. A solution for computer eye strain | If you spend your working day at a computer terminal, you might want to slip out during your lunch hour and buy a bottle of eye lubricant. | ||
| 4. Why you can hit the gym -- but not get a manicure -- on company time | It may be the worst-kept secret in the workplace: People are working more undertime -- stealing time off during the day to compensate for heavier workloads and more stress. | ||
| 5. Guess who's coming to dinner? | Throwing a business party at your own home may seem daunting, but you can't beat it for extending a thank-you to a hardworking staff, revving up interest in a product line or goosing a business deal. | ||
| 6. Whose idea is it, anyway? | When a group of employees decided to start their own business, they never dreamed they'd be accused of stealing trade secrets. |
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| "The person who knows 'how' will always have a job. The person who knows 'why' will always be his boss." - Diane Ravitch | |||
| 7. The nuances of influencing others | If your direct communication attempts are hitting roadblocks, it may be time to try an alternative: the more subtle approach of indirect influence. | ||
| 8. Escape the early withdrawal penalty | Armed with this knowledge, you will be better able to make early retirement a reality. | ||
| 9. Career, family goals still clash | Women can pay a heavy price for long hours on the job because the early years of career building tend to overlap with the prime years for childbearing and marriage. But by stepping off the corporate ladder early to raise a family, they can pay a heavy price in their careers. | ||
| 10. How to handle tough supervisors | Making the most of a misinformed manager. | ||
| 11. Don't be afraid to make small talk | It may seem trivial, but small talk is the basis for establishing relationships. It's a necessary skill for effective communication between you and your colleagues, staff, supervisors and clients. | ||
| 12. Straight talk works best with annoying co-workers | You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your co-workers. Can workers and managers do anything about annoying behavior? Or is the solution to simply grin and bear it? | ||
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| "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." - David Bly | |||
| 13. Launch a campaign to avoid a layoff | How do you make yourself indispensable in hard times? | ||
| 14. Whatever your age, be assertive | If you ask, you get. And younger workers are more likely to ask. That's one of the conclusions of a recent survey, which also noted that so-called "Gen-Xers" and "Gen-Yers" are more likely to describe themselves as assertive than Baby Boomers. | ||
| 15. Don't let putdowns kill desire to be heard | Rank-pulling putdowns can squash self-confidence and turn jobs into something done for a paycheck and nothing more. But shame on you if you shut down because of it. | ||
| 16. She's the boss, not your mom or pal | Could you be looking for a Fairy Godmother at work? One author says that when you encounter a woman at work, there sometimes is an unconscious expectation for her to be the perfect mother you never had or that you had and lost. | ||
| 17. Keeping lines of communication open is hard when overseas | As the business world becomes digitized, access to crucial data often gets severed when executives travel abroad. | ||
| 18. How to perform in a performance review | Rather than participate in the process, why not take the initiative and perform? | ||
| 19. Survey: Communication key to building a positive reputation at work | What you say and how you say it can make or break your image at the office, a new survey suggests. | ||
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| "There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job." - George Crane | |||
| 20. The dos and don'ts of saying thanks | Work-related thank-you letters are written for two main reasons: because it's the right thing to do, and because we want something else from the person we're thanking. Guess which reason seems to get more attention in reference books and on the Internet? | ||
| 21. Employment is no longer an entitlement | These days, especially at the corporate level, employment is no longer an entitlement. One must be mindful of the demands of the job market. | ||
| 22. The better you sleep, the better you work | Practice alone isn't quite enough to make you perfect. You need to get enough sleep, too. A new study says your ability to learn motor skills is maximized when you get a full night's sleep | ||
| 23. Stanford professor: Little to gain from MBA classes | A business degree does not guarantee a successful career or a higher salary, a Stanford University business professor concluded in an analysis of 40 years of research on the economic value of the MBA. | ||
| 24. Funds every retirement plan should have | Morningstar consultants give the lowdown on which funds should go into retirement plans. | ||
| 25. Women golfers get down to business on the links | While many executives find golf to be a vital part of business, a new study finds that female executives believe golf is an especially important business activity. | ||
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