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How to Nail Your Next Performance Review

On The Job

So strap on your big boy or big girl shoes, and let's learn how to step into these reviews with confidence and emerge a winner. As your performance evaluation approaches do you: a) Pretend to have a seizure every time your review begins to the point that emergency medical technicians have set up a substation in your office lobby.

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

Laughing all the Way to Work

Be confident. To be able to network, you must have confidence. You need confidence in yourself, confidence in your abilities, and confidence in your networking skills. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Networking is not for the timid or for the faint of heart. Be a good listener.

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Go with your gut feeling!

Laughing all the Way to Work

I read something that made me pause, but because I was in a big hurry and felt confident that the other person was covering that base, I let it go. I am not sure if it would have changed the outcome, but at least I would feel confident that I flagged it for my boss. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

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Confessions of a Micro-Manager

Laughing all the Way to Work

A manager has to have confidence that you know how to do your job. I just did not have confidence that this person was going to be able to assist me. I always have more confidence something will get done when I see it being written down. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Do you know what you are doing?

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

So I started to say Yes and it was a real confidence booster. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? I also do not claim to give any medical, financial, psychological, veterinary, retail, personal training or HR advice, although at times it may seem like I think I know what Im talking about, it is just my opinion.

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you are the presenter you have to study and know your subject well which helps you to be more confident in what you know and you also gain experience in making presentations which can help you in your career. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Lunch n learns are also a good way to learn from each other.

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

From writing that article I had confidence to take a job that required me taking minutes and it has turned out fine. I will not say I am the perfect minute taker, but it is something I now have confidence in doing. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? What used to scare me, has now become something I can do.