You’re standing in the boardroom, giving a presentation and you think you’re doing well. You used great graphics, your ideas are brilliant, etc. But all your boss could manage is an indecipherable poker face or a smirk. Maybe she doesn’t like your ideas. Maybe she was bored. Or maybe she didn’t get it.
Or maybe she […]
1. Be obvious that you’re after her job. The best way to do this is to go to work very early in the morning and sit in the boss’ chair. When she arrives, she’ll be surprised to find you there. Tell her you’re merely “practicing” for when you get her job. […]
I attended a pretty significant boardroom meeting today and was appalled when I realized that no one was taking down the minutes! So I immediately took initiative to write things down.
Why? Because minutes are good for the following things:
As a legal document. For the IRS and other government agencies, meeting minutes can be considered as […]
There’s a task - a presentation, a report, it doesn’t matter - and no one wants to do it because it looks tough. You were stuck with the job. Surprisingly, because of your unique badass skills, you managed to finish the job in an hour without breaking a sweat. Do you:
a) Tell […]
Bob Turek of Project Management 411 made an excellent post about working together. Naturally, this inspired me to write my own post about how NOT to work together.
Keep everything to yourself. You want to know why? Because everyone will steal your super genius ideas. Dont’ share anything. If you’re making a group presentation, just tell […]
Everyone needs to suck up at least once in their lives, whether you’re trying to sell the big idea or attempting to get away with murder (I hope not literally though). However, sucking up isn’t for the uninitiated - you have to know the right way to do it or else you’ll, well, look like […]
Pinny Cohen talks about how to keyword optimize your resume. He brings up some interesting points.
I’ll take for example a site like Monster.com or Craigslist, both sites with tons of resumes posted on there. How do you get your resume seen by as many recruiters as possible?
The answer is of course, to include […]
Proper email etiquette is something everyone should know if they want to be perceived as professionals. However, not everyone wants to be a professional. You can be the office goofball, butt of jokes, or simply that creep that everyone’s trying to avoid. If you don’t care what other people think or if […]
Be polite to everyone you’re playing with, even those that you’re competing against. No trash talk. Although you don’t have to like everyone, treating them with respect will hopefully earn you respect. Also, this avoids any fights and negative tension.
Don’t show off. If you’re really good at what you do, people will […]
The hardest person to please is always your boss. Befriending bosses is an art - finding ways to get close to them is hard, but at the same time you don’t want to look like you’re sucking up. After all, when someone is higher up by a few notches on the career ladder, they […]
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