Many intelligent and well-educated people mistakenly believe that asking questions makes them somehow look less intelligent. Ironically the tendency to avoid asking questions actually reduces your ability to learn.
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Appearance, environment, history, politics, and what’s going on in someone’s personal life all shape how we judge others. So the real challenge for managers is to be fair in determining what exactly “merit” refers to when a he or she recognizes, rewards or meters out consequence.
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People take on a victim position when they refuse to accept the accountability for the job they are assigned.
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Nothing damages someone’s professional credibility as quickly as an error, even a minor one. While a simple calculation error or typo can seem trivial in the scheme of things, it implants doubt into your customer’s mind.
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Carpedia Capital is pleased to announce its first investment transaction, following an extensive search and diligence process which culminated on November 1, 2011 with making a significant equity investment in the business of G.W.
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Many people have a knee-jerk reaction to questions, and answer too quickly, assuming the question is challenging them in some way.
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Working hard is a good idea, but so is playing hard. We find our most successful individuals and project teams pursue out-of-work interests just as vigorously as they do project work.
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This maxim is designed to remind us of the importance of “packaging” and to extend the traditional definition to how it impacts the individual.
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Adversity is an unfortunate inevitability of life, and the business world is no exception. Adversity in business can come in many forms: a difficult staff relationship, misunderstandings or misperceptions among a group, or conflicting objectives of different functions.
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Never present anything to a group of people that will be a surprise to them. If the information is new, you need to get in front of each person affected beforehand and “pre-present” the ideas and concepts.
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