How to Be a Good Salesperson: The Key Steps to Take
Good sales reps will effectively earn the respect and the ongoing trust of their prospects. Great ones earn their loyalty, admiration, and new referrals. Good reps handle objections skillfully; great ones preemptively surface the concerns and eliminate them.
Entrepreneurship for Women Re-entering Workforce
Why being self-employed could work for you now more than ever before? With work experience not featuring in your resume, or your resume highlights a conspicuous gap from when you last had a full-time job, it is time to think of a [...]
Why Women MUST Work
Are you a working mother, or do you wish to be one? There has always been a conflict in the past, present and will be in the future also on women managing career and family life- it is tough on women almost [...]
The Choice and Freedom to Work on a Flexible Schedule
A society that puts equality... ahead of freedom will end up with neither. -- Milton Friedman (US economist) The same is perhaps true for equality between men and women at work. The struggle should not be focused towards equality of pay or [...]
Balancing Career and a Growing Family – Can a Working Mother make her Life Easier
How concerned a woman feels on managing her career and a new baby on the way depends on how well prepared you are for this major change in your life. Before having a baby you were completely focused on the job and [...]
Do you want to be a Good Boss? Here’s How
If you want to retain good talent in your company, managers need to be trained on some basic aspects of managing constituents from time-to-time. See some points here; if you are a manager do you have it what it takes to be [...]
Tips on giving Effective Performance Review to Employees
In the Inc.com article titled: Putting an End to End-of-Year Reviews, a recent study by Salary.com found that more than 60 percent of workers doubt reviews boost performance. The criticisms are legion. Annual reviews fail to motivate people long term; assessments are often [...]
What to do when your Supervisor does not Report your Complaints to the HR
You might be working with a difficult boss or co-workers and often reporting certain extreme complaints about your manager might not make it to the HR. Approaching the HR directly with your complaints may land you in the “trouble maker” books as [...]
Tips to Prepare for the Performance Review
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information. ~ Peter Drucker That's perhaps how I would define Performance Management! Be it the year [...]
Best Jobs to have during Recession
What is recession? According to Wiki definition, a recession is a decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year. We fear recession since it could result in more [...]
Am I going to be in a Layoff?
What are the signs of a layoff? Though not all discussed below may be concrete signs of an impending layoff, it is good to be aware of these reasons which could result in job cuts: Recession – Downturn in Financial Markets Also [...]
Sample Goodbye Emails to Colleagues
Since the last post on Saying Goodbye to coworkers, there have been quite a few requests on providing some sample goodbye letters to co-workers and manager. So here is a compilation of some recommended ones, and one ‘on the lighter side’ – [...]
Countering Recession the Tax Relief Way – How are you going to Use the extra Bucks?
A slightly off-track blog post not focused on the career advice but definitely related to the present discussions on the US economy in recession. In a recent announcement to help the “suffering” US economy, the US government is ready to shell out [...]
How to Talk to your Boss about your Career Goals
Performance reviews and appraisals are not the only time when you discuss your career goals with your boss, the goals can be set either at the very first meeting when you join in a new job or a new team/division or anywhere [...]
Managing your Career during Recession
Keeping your Job With talks of global recession taking over the media and in general discussions, it is a good time to think on how to keep your present job and recession-proof yourself. Keep abreast of news around your company's performance and [...]
Top Reasons for Poor Performance at Work
I list here the top five reasons which often results in poor performance at work. What are yours (if any)? Bored at Work Nothing exciting happening at that data crunching job and no stimulants to perform better in your present job can [...]
Saying Goodbye to Work – The Right Way
When you know it is time to quit a job, know how to do it the right way. You will never regret a well planned action plan and some tips here would help you in making a smooth transition to your new [...]
A Different Post – Some Great Quotes on Career and Life
Some food for thought as we begin a new year.. Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of the goal-a commitment to excellence-that will enable you to attain the success you seek. - Mario [...]
5 Career Questions that you must ask yourself this New Year
Is my work satisfying? How do you feel getting up in the morning and getting ready for work? Are you excited to be at a place which sparks the creative you, a feeling that you could make a difference today? Do you [...]
How Good are you at Connecting with your Team? – An Essential Tip for a Successful Leader
No matter how many ideas are shared on good leadership skills, I believe a good leader is one who can respect, connect and also influence the people he/she leads. And of course how well you can articulate your thoughts and future actions [...]
How to respond to a Bad Performance Review
It is indeed frustrating to see a bad performance review when you were not expecting one. Getting a bad performance review is stressful and not something to be ignored and brushed under the carpet. Howsoever rattled or tormented you are feeling now, [...]
Need for Better Communications Skills in a Collaborative Workplace
This decade has seen a remarkable change in the work culture in the Silicon Valley, global teams working in a collaborative workspace, virtual working and more than ever before outsourcing and freelance contracts to remote employees. Is this the end of the cubicles? [...]
Thriving in the Global Workplace
Globalization brings in many challenges and opportunities to the 21st century workforce. Apart from the work related travel, one of the major challenges today is efficient collaboration between teams working on different time zones around the world. The Challenges in a Global [...]
Are you Assertive or Timid at Work? How the Genders Differ when it comes to Assertiveness at Workplace
The dictionary defines an assertive person as one who is: 1. Confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: 2. Having a distinctive or pronounced taste or aroma. However a better definition I found for this term was here; to quote: "Assertiveness is [...]
Stress Management for Working Women
Why only for working women you may ask – well, I feel working women have to manage more stress - be it meeting deadlines at work when you have a sick child at home, managing kids vacation time when they have none [...]