Every boss loves an efficient worker, says Adria Saracino, head of outreach at digital marketing agency Distilled. She has five tips to help you up your efficiency and impress your boss. Communicate. Before starting on an assignment, summarize your understanding … Continue reading →
Ask a top executive, first-line manager, rank-and-file employee or HR professional what they think about their organization’s performance management (PM) process, and you’re certain to elicit a strong response – most of it negative. “Waste of time,” “going through the … Continue reading →
Many executives equate strategic planning with staging a “SWOT analysis”—an examination of their organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. But recent research adds another element to the mix. Strategic thinking also involves harnessing the right resources to propel a company’s … Continue reading →
You know how important a positive air is to success and happiness—to the point where, if you don’t feel it, manufacture it. Try these tactics: If you don’t feel well and are asked about it, say, “I could use a … Continue reading →
There is a brilliant and highly accomplished engineer in my company who has managed to break the coffee machine, the toaster and so many other appliances in the company kitchen that we’re considering giving his trail of broken appliances their … Continue reading →
