How to Build Professional Relationships That Support Your Career Growth
Many professionals can spend more time with their colleagues and co-workers in the office, than they do with their spouses, or families. Fostering healthy relationships in the workplace is critical to long-term career success and professional development. Investing time to develop healthy relationships in the workplace has a number of benefits. First, it rapidly accelerates […]
Career Advancement Strategies for Millennials
Professionals born between 1977 and 2000, are a generation that employers are eager to recruit into their organizations, as part of human resource and legacy planning. The next generation of career professionals faces some unique challenges establishing themselves in business sectors which are occupied at senior levels, by employees and managers with senior tenure and […]
5 Effective Strategies to Cope with the Office Bully (That Won’t Get You Fired)
Did you know that 75% of professionals, have reported one or more instances of workplace bullying? This data is from a research study conducted by Dr. Judy Blando, from the University of Phoenix business school, and reveals that the problem occurs with great frequency and disruptive consequences. What should career professionals do, if the encounter workplace […]
What Tech Professionals Need to Know About the Fast Forward Accelerator
What Tech Professionals Need to Know About the Fast Forward Accelerator At first mention, the term ‘tech non-profit’ seems like a misnomer, as technology organizations around the global top the list of Fortune 500 companies. But a new generation of non-profit technology start-up organizations are aiming for more than an impressive bottom line; they are […]
Strategy and Learning: 5 Innovative Podcasts for C-Level Executives
To stay on top of international business, marketing and technology, C-Level executives can be found gleaning information and insights from online resources, and books. While there is no replacement for keeping up with peers on reading for strategy and creative ideas in leadership and business, podcasts have simplified the process. An executive with little time […]
Office Etiquette Check: Should Employees Buy Managers a Gift?
Whether it is for a holiday, a life event (marriage or new child), or even a birthday, there is always a good reason to want to express gratitude or appreciation for someone in the workplace, by purchasing a gift. It is normal for external contractors or vendors to show their appreciation seasonally, but for employees, […]
How Much Notice of Departure Should Career Professionals Provide for Employers?
When you have looked for, found and accepted a new job, it’s cause to celebrate; at least up until the moment that you realize a ‘new job’ means providing your existing employer with a written departure notice. This can be a source of joy if the employee has had an unpleasant experience, but for many […]
How Organizations Can Address Gender Pay Gaps with Transparency
Society has changed, and the responsibility for financially supporting a family have shifted from one-income families, to two-income models. Even with two incomes, many studies reveal that couples strongly participate in giganomics, or a small, part-time business to supplement household income. In today’s global economy, it is rare to find a household that operates based solely […]
How to Professionally Manage a Colleague Who ‘Steals’ Your Ideas
Collaboration and team work are central to the success of any organization. Working together with your colleagues, there may be a circumstance where you have innovated a solution that is valuable to your employer; one that would earn you extra recognition, or other incentives. There is nothing more frustrating that sitting in a meeting, while […]
