The work world offers a continuum of means to stability. Huge risk takers might choose to pay off the Russian mob and try to corner to oil market in Siberia. If you're looking for stability, you might try climbing a corporate ladder in a large, publicly traded company.
Climbing, of course, could lead to instability. The [...]
Browsing category "Office Politics"How to make ladder-climbing a positive experience
Posted to: Diversity | Office Politics
January 30th, 2007
How to sidestep office hierarchy to get the job you want
Posted to: Leadership | Office Politics
January 29th, 2007
A lot of you know you'd like to be doing something more significant for your company, but no one is giving you the chance. This is your wake up call. You don't need to wait for someone to bestow a title on you — you can take on a bigger role right now. Office politics is about being nice
Posted to: Office Politics
January 25th, 2007
Here is a message for people who say office politics don't matter: You will die a slow, painful career death. This is because there's no getting around office politics, and mastering them is essential to being able to steer your own career. Don't take that as bad news, though, because mastering office politics is good [...] Dealing with social awkwardness at work: Insights from the autism community
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Office Politics
January 21st, 2007
Hannah Schufreider may seem an unlikely person to be teaching you how to manage your career. She is a 12-year-old autistic girl living in Haverhill. Her days are spent being a little bored in school, reading Manga comics, watching Hannah Montana on TV, and going to fencing class on the weekends. Sounds like a typical [...] Don't report sexual harassment (in most cases)
November 2nd, 2006
Sexual harassment in American work life is pervasive — as much as 80 percent in some sectors. But most women don't stand a chance of winning a lawsuit. So having a plan to deal with the problem is a good idea for all women. How to run a meeting
October 10th, 2006
There are lots of rules for running a good meeting – always have an agenda, start on time, make sure no one is hungry. But this rule is more important than all others: Be a cheerleader for your objectives. When you run a meeting you have an objective and you are trying to convince everyone [...] Friday smorgasbord
September 15th, 2006
Here are three tidbits I've collected that haven't fit in other places over the week. Don't be a whistleblower without a very large whistle
Posted to: Office Politics
August 30th, 2006
If you have not seen the video of the Lockheed Martin whistleblower, here it is. 9 tips for quitting a job gracefully
August 20th, 2006
Quitting is not what it used to be. When a job was the sign of security, quitting meant you had a self-destructive streak. And when long-term employment was the only acceptable format for a resume, a string of quit jobs was a sign of an inability to get along with other people. Not so today. Happiness is being with people who aren't crazy
August 15th, 2006
After a short blogging hiatus, I made it to Madison. I can't tell you that my happiness levels have changed dramatically, but I'm optimistic. And, after decidedly UNhappy traveling with two young kids, I'm ready for a little normalcy, which for me is blogging at midnight… Guest etymologist: My investment banking brother says…
Posted to: Managing Up | Office Politics
August 10th, 2006
ASAP: a ubiquitous term coming from senior bankers. You might assume it means as fast as humanly possible, as in an all-nighter if necessary. But this is not always the case. For example, sometimes it seems asap is just a banker's best effort at using the word please. As in: Leave a printout on my [...] Teamwork is a great way to sidestep office hierarchy
Posted to: Office Politics | Promoting Yourself
August 9th, 2006
After reading the comments people posted about rankism, it occurred to me that the idea of teamwork is very related. Teamwork that is merely cosmetic (e.g. a department that calls itself a team) reinforces rankism. But real teams are actually the opposite of rankism — they are flat, temporary, and assume equal contribution from everyone, [...] Battle cry against power tripping
August 7th, 2006
Here's a new word for the workplace: Rankism. File it in your brain next to racism and sexism. And brace yourself for a big change at the office, because rankism is another kind of discrimination we should not tolerate. Office politics is not optional: Five tips for doing it better
August 2nd, 2006
John Annabel, of Northampton, walked into the office one day to find himself working side by side with a new employee whose only qualification seemed to be that she was having an affair with Annabel’s department head. Annabel says people didn’t particularly care that she was in the office doing no work until she started [...] Guest rant: My investment-banking brother says…
Posted to: Management | Office Politics
August 2nd, 2006
Here is one of hundreds of reasons senior investment bankers make life for analysts worse than it already is: Voicemail. How to tell your boss you quit: Artfully shift the balance of power
August 1st, 2006
Of all the Google searches that end up at my blog, the most common is some version of, "How do I tell my boss that I'm quitting." This seems to be a frequent topic at a lot of career sites; quitting well is a big issue. A messy desk undermines your career
Posted to: Learn to take advice | Managing Up | Office Politics | Promoting Yourself | Self-management
August 1st, 2006
You can judge someone's personality by what his or her work space looks like. Take Tara Hirshfeld, for example. She's set up her office on a picnic table. She has the laptop, the headset, even the office-type snacks. But there are leaves falling and cars honking. Intuitively, you know she's not an accountant-type. And you [...] Your bad mood at the office is from you, not the job
July 27th, 2006
The mood you come to work with sets the mood for your workday. This is the conclusion of a study by Wharton professor Nancy Rothbard. (Shout out to Wendy for sending this link to me.) You will like your job more if you make a friend at work
July 24th, 2006
Here's some advice for those of you who don't like your job: Maybe your job is not your problem. Maybe it's that you are not trying hard enough to make friends at work. People with one friend at work are much more likely to find their work interesting. And people with three friends at work [...] Social skills matter more than ever, so here's how to get them
Posted to: Office Politics | Self-management
July 18th, 2006
It's hard to underestimate the impact of good social skills on your career. In fact, across the board, in a wide variety of businesses, people would rather work with someone who is likeable and incompetent than with someone who is skilled and obnoxious, said Tiziana Casciaro, professor at Harvard Business School, whom I spoke to [...] |
On my way to meet Jason Fried for a webinar that starts in ten minutes. Late. Ryan Paugh drives while I put on makeup and shave my armpits. 22 hrs ago
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