A reader asks: I recently applied for an internal promotion to be manager of the small team I serve. I was unsuccessful. Two questions. First, I was “let down easy”–the hiring manager said things like “it was close” and “we …
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With 2013 fast approaching, we all have resolutions in the back of our minds. As you’re contemplating yours, here are some bad work habits to consider breaking. You’ll improve your productivity AND your reputation! Being 10 minutes late for everything …
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I was at a meeting in which a c-suite executive proclaimed that her organization had experienced too much tumult lately. This organization had decided on a new policy: managers in new positions would now have to wait a full year …
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I get a lot of e-mails from people asking how they can establish better relationships with their managers. It seems that everyone – from the entry-level college graduate to the seasoned middle manager, has this issue. To start, I recommend …
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If you’ve worked in the professional world for longer than a year or two, the magic of business travel wears off. You find that your trips away from the office involve working more hours, not less. You return, exhausted, with …
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On the Personal Branding blog, Nance Rosen dropped a bombshell. Over your working lifetime, the average cost of being ugly is $230,000 out of your paycheck. Daniel Hamermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas, Austin, has written …
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Earlier this year, I attended an internationally recognized Internet business conference. I was writing the Reinvent column for the Wall Street Journal at the time, so one of my goals was to interview the top thinkers present. Tale of the …
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