Know When and How to Ask for Help People often don’t ask for help because they think it’s perceived as a sign of weakness. But you can’t be successful if you don’t ask for what you need. So here’s how to make it easier: Help others first. Build a positive reputation as someone who’s willing… Continue reading Know When and How to Ask for Help – Management Tip

A Healthy Lunch Can Fuel Better Productivity What we eat affects our performance more than we realize. That’s why a poor decision at lunch can derail an entire afternoon. Foods like pasta, bread, cereal, and soda  give you a burst of energy, followed by a slump. And high-fat foods like cheeseburgers and BLTs make you… Continue reading Better Lunches Improve Productivity – Management Tip

To Get Candid Feedback, Ask for It Getting honest, useful feedback is the fastest route to better performance. But people are sometimes too nice to share the full picture or too intimidated to be fully truthful. You need to be clear that you want honest feedback. If you say, “Don’t be nice, be helpful,” people… Continue reading Ask for Feedback – Management Tip

The Safe Way to Disagree with Your Boss You should be able to express your views  openly and honestly, but it can be tricky to disagree with your boss. You have to express dissent effectively. First, before you disagree, have a conversation about how to handle disagreements when they arise. It helps to establish these… Continue reading How to Disagree with Your Boss – Management Tip

Make Good Writing a Part of Your Skill  Set Good writers distinguish themselves at work. We write all the time – proposals to clients, memos to leaders, emails to colleagues – but we often don’t think about improving our writing. To communicate effectively, learn to write simply, clearly, and precisely. The mistake many people make… Continue reading Work on Your Writing – Management Tip

Good Leaders  Get to Know  Their Emotions Being too emotional can create problems, but it can be far less of a problem than holding back all of your feelings. You may hide emotions in an attempt to stay in control and look strong, but doing so  diminishes  your control and weakens your capacity to connect… Continue reading Show Some Emotion – Management Tip

Set a Bedtime and Stick to It for Better Productivity Many of us don’t get enough sleep. And this isn’t just an inconvenience – it worsens our mood, weakens our memory, scatters our focus, and makes us more susceptible to anxiety. To perform at our best, we need rest.  Enough said.  Since most of us… Continue reading Set a Bedtime and Stick to It – Management Tip

Be Ready for Unplanned Speaking   A key  skill in business is the ability to speak off-the-cuff. Whether it’s giving an unexpected presentation to a potential collaborator or being  asked to quickly defend a proposal to another department, many of us have had to speak with no preparation. Next time, don’t panic. Just remember that the… Continue reading Be Ready for Unplanned Speaking – Management Tip

Improve Your Ability to Tell Stories – Management Tip   If you want to convince someone to support your project, explain to an employee how he might   improve, or inspire a team that’s struggling, you need to be able to tell a persuasive,  compelling story. Start by asking yourself: Who is my audience and what is… Continue reading Improve your Ability to Tell Stories – Management Tip

Stop Bragging About Being Busy – Management Tip*   We’re  all too busy — and we’re proud of it. We want to do it all, have it all, and achieve it all. It’s no wonder why we backdoor–brag about being swamped: it’s code for being successful and important. But in the long run, all this motion … Continue reading Stop Bragging About Being Busy – Management Tip