Laying Siege to a New Job Using Bridges and Catapults
Moving to a new job can be scary and intimidating, with many risks inherent in making that transition. But if you think of the transition like laying siege to a fortress, you will be just fine.
Moving to a new job can be scary and intimidating, with many risks inherent in making that transition. But if you think of the transition like laying siege to a fortress, you will be just fine.
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The world of remote work spawned by the pandemic posed several new and unprecedented challenges as employers and employees alike reconfigured relationships and adopted new expectations for each other.
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The transformative potential of generative AI in learning and development (L&D) is a topic of growing interest among business leaders. And if you think your workers aren’t using generative AI, you could be seriously off base.
Automation can assist in bringing people together. But how? Photo by Viktor Bystrov on Unsplash
Last year, the corporate world adopted a new term: flattening. This refers to how tech companies, which rapidly hired droves of middle managers during the pandemic boom, are now eliminating this layer through widespread job cuts.
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Find out what the customer wants without pestering them. Photo by Isaac Owens on Unsplash
When you think of good customer service—particularly the barriers to it—two factors generally come to mind: timing and wording.
Learning to effectively deal with headhunters and how to use social media more effectively can have a strong positive impact on your career growth. Photo by Immo Wegmann on Unsplash
Susan Strayer, a friend of mine, posed a question on social media the other day: “Can you sum up your expertise in 140 characters or less?” Great question. A few people took her up on the challenge. Being an overachiever, I did it in three words.
Four years after the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated remote work, its advantages and drawbacks have been well documented.
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Recently, I wrote about the process capability index and tolerance interval.
Treat everyone like a person and an equal first and foremost. The work sorts itself out in the end. Photo by Louis Hansel on Unsplash
I hate the use of the word just in front of anyone’s title, as in, “He’s just an analyst,” or, “She’s just a cafeteria worker,” or, “I’m just an administrative assistant.”
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