Success
JULY 3, 2022
4, and the only reason you filled up another cup was because you were so bored at your desk that your cubicle walls were basically closing in, threatening to suffocate you. Quick responses to messages and being early to interviews are at least as important as years of experience and strong interview skills. John Rampton, Calendar.
Success
JUNE 23, 2021
Handing the minutiae of backend support tasks off to a qualified professional allows leaders the calendar capacity to focus on their company’s growth and, more importantly, their own personal peace of mind. “A “You do not need to be managing email and invoicing and bookkeeping,” she says. “If
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Ian's Messy Desk
JUNE 16, 2014
From corporate cubicles to the factory floor, the collective skills and efforts of people keep your operation going. Or once-a-month, spring for dessert treats in honor of those celebrating birthdays in that calendar month. Smart managers never overlook this fact: loyal, productive employees are one of your biggest assets.
Success
DECEMBER 26, 2022
Sooner or later, every entrepreneur discovers that negotiation is an indispensable skill. Work gets whatever space is left in our calendars. They say no to cubicle lunches, four-minute book summaries, “multitasking” (whatever the heck that means) and monochrome, microwave dinners. But we’re not. But they are not always slow.
Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 4, 2012
You have to look at yourself as a total package with hard skills (such as what you need to do to get the job done) and soft skills (such as how you are perceived by others, how you treat people, how you behave around people). Once you recognize that it is happening, you can watch for it and correct your behaviour.
On The Job
JANUARY 4, 2010
Take everything else off your desk except for those materials and write the list on piece of paper or your calendar so it’s the first thing you see when arriving for work. Improve skills. Most people have figured out that to survive in today’s business climate they must make themselves more valuable by learning new skills.
Ian's Messy Desk
MAY 3, 2010
From corporate cubicles to the factory floor, the collective skills and efforts of people keep your operation going. Or once-a-month, spring for dessert treats in honor of those celebrating birthdays in that calendar month. Smart managers never overlook this fact: loyal, productive employees are one of your biggest assets.
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