The update on my company is that Ryan Healy and I are not talking to each other. Well, he is talking to me, but I am giving him the silent treatment.
Still, I am confident that things are going well. First, because I am bad at the silent treatment—I have too much to say all the [...]
Browsing category "Office Politics"Start-up skill: Find people who compensate for your weakness
Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Office Politics
April 2nd, 2008
Try to be funny, even if you're not
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Office Politics
February 29th, 2008
Men are hard-wired to think they are funny. They use it as a courtship technique. A study by Eric Brassler at McMaster University finds that women rate men as more attractive if they make more jokes. And men are somehow aware of this, because they are more likely to make jokes if women are around. Three specific ways to improve your social skills
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Office Politics
January 16th, 2008
Now that I do a lot of public speaking, I am flying a lot – two or three times a month. There are a lot of perks to travel, like expensive hotel rooms and a break from my kids. But my favorite perk is meeting sales guys. Twentysomething: 5 ways people get screwed early in a career
Posted to: Managing Up | Office Politics
January 15th, 2008
This guest post is by Susan Johnston who is 24 years old and blogs at The Urban Muse. How to deal with getting fired (from Yahoo)
December 27th, 2007
I just got fired from Yahoo Finance. 5 Communication lessons learned in marriage counseling
Posted to: Negotiating | Office Politics
November 28th, 2007
In case you are new to the drama that is my marriage, here is the post about our first day of counseling, which now has 171 comments. And here is the post where I blame my whole marriage on the institution of shared-care parenting, and also where I find out that the population of available [...] Stop thinking you'll get by on your high I.Q.
November 20th, 2007
My son's I.Q. is in the top .05% of all preschoolers, but he attended preschool in a special education classroom. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism typified by a distinctly high I.Q. and a notable lack of emotional intelligence. Asperger's is thought to be genetic, and it is surging among kids in places [...] Twentysomething: The rising rift between gen X and gen Y
Posted to: Office Politics
November 6th, 2007
Rebecca Thorman is 24 years old. I met her when I moved to Madison, Wisconsin, and spoke at an event she put together. I've been reading her blog, Modite, ever since. Five workplace practices that should be over. Now.
Posted to: Office Politics
October 9th, 2007
1. Voice mail Five ways to make yourself a workplace superstar
Posted to: Goal setting | Office Politics
September 27th, 2007
It's fun to be a superstar. You get a lot of accolades. But the real benefit to being a workplace superstar is that you have more control over your life. A superstar gets flextime. A superstar gets to take a five-month sabbatical and have their job held for them. Superstars are so top-flight that they'd [...] Yahoo column: Office politics encourages self-improvement
Posted to: Office Politics
September 14th, 2007
Office politics is good for you. That is, it makes your life better — not just your work life, but your whole life. How to be likable to people who are complaining about you
Posted to: Networking | Office Politics
August 1st, 2007
I am always harping on how important it is to be nice. I have written about how you will be happy at work if you have three friends there, you will get promoted if people like you and you should try to be more likable no matter how likable you think you are right now. Yahoo column: 10 Tips for the new workplace etiquette
Posted to: Office Politics
July 26th, 2007
There's a new workplace etiquette for the new millennium, and, no surprise, it's all about transparency and authenticity. Coachology: Building bridges at work
Posted to: Management | Office Politics
July 13th, 2007
After a week of posts about generational conflict, you'll be happy to hear that Alexandra Levit is a professional bridge builder (and blogger at Water Cooler Wisdom). Leaders in the Fortune 500 call her when they can't cope with young people anymore. She teaches people how to stop annoying each other by gaining a better understanding of generational differences. Yahoo column: Why we should be grateful for Generation Y
July 12th, 2007
What's the point of baby boomers complaining about Generation Y at work? First of all, it's a cliché, because people over 40 have been complaining about "young people" since forever. Twentysomething: Why I started blogging
Posted to: How to blog | Office Politics
July 10th, 2007
By Ryan Healy – People often ask why I decided to get into this whole career blogging world that I have come to love. Usually my answer is something about giving my generation a voice in the corporate discussion, or standing up for all of my peers and friends who openly discuss their bitterness towards [...] A question for the readers
Posted to: How to blog | Office Politics
June 28th, 2007
Some of you might know that the thousands of comments that I receive on my Yahoo column are generally abrasive. Here's an example. The unimportance of being right (growing up in a colorblind family)
Posted to: Diversity | Office Politics
June 26th, 2007
At some point in our lives we each have felt surrounded by people who see the world incorrectly. Sometimes it's the accountant who works for a management team that doesn't understand numbers. Or it's the artist who works for a marketing team that doesn't understand font. Sometimes we feel so certain that we are right and [...] What generation are you part of, really? Take this test.
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Office Politics
June 25th, 2007
If you want to know how old you really are, look at the media you use rather than the generation you were born into. Twentysomething: Problems with working at a big company
June 19th, 2007
By Ryan Healy — If there is an overarching impact my generation is already having on the corporate world, it is entrepreneurship. Roughly 80% of my friends and acquaintances plan to start their own business at some point. Both males and females, college grads and current students, everyone wants to run their own [...] |
USA Today features me & the farmer and our failed prenup. http://bit.ly/9wN4RI The article stresses out the farmer. He feeds it to the pigs. 4 days ago
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