Brian over at TheJobBored has an interesting post entitled “How to think like management (and how doing so can help your career)”. I thought I’d share it with you, since it raises some very interesting points:
Know management’s pressure points.
Anticipate and offer solutions.
Understand the interpersonal.
Talk to your boss.
Make your boss look bad.
Make your boss look good.
Anticipate […]
*Cartoon by Andy Singer
Success. It means many things to different people.
A man lives in a small farmhouse with his wife and two kids. He spends his days on the field, and his nights reading to his kids. Is he successful?
How about a young stockbroker with a six-figure income who doesn’t have savings […]
Face it - at least once in your life, you’ll lose. The Pros team lost last week’s b5 media Apprentice Challenge. While this contest is done in the spirit of fun, real life losses are much harder to cope with, whether it’s a loss of an important client, an unapproved project, or a boss’ […]
In the b5 media business channel’s Apprentice challenge, we’re asked to write a post each week answering a specific question or problem. The subject of this task is Kay, who runs a business selling chef’s hats and aprons for children. Here’s this week’s task:
The local newspaper just called: they would like to […]
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 […]
Do you like the new “Pimping Bookmarks”graphic? I think it looks much better. That’s because I grabbed the star off of Vecteezy, where lazy productive people can get free high-quality vector designs. Starting next week, I’m also going to make the weekly Pimping Bookmarks focus on specific themes. For next week, it’s […]
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. […]
Jason Baird of Cool Blog Tech (there doesn’t seem to be anything on his site right now) shares his own productivity toolkit with us today. Here are the tools that Jason uses to stay productive:
HottNotes This tool lets Jason paste little sticky notes all over his 2 computer monitors. He uses these […]
Almost all Some meetings are a complete waste of time. You can easily identify this kind of meeting if you’re sitting in a conference room, thinking “What a waste of time!”. If this is familiar, keep in mind that you’re also wasting money. Figure out exactly how much money a meeting costs […]
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 […]
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