Can A Job Search Be Done in 2 Hours? - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
I recently had the opportunity to meet a talented career consultant, Steve Dalton, at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Steve has written a new book called The 2-Hour Job Search. I know what you’re thinking: is he trying to become Tim Ferriss 2.0? Well, there are certainly worse goals. But I digress. I mention [...] Related posts:
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Four Simple Steps for Building a Case for Change - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
When someone on the “front lines” of a business notices a problem that requires fixing, too often it’s ignored because it will be a hassle to convince others to change the status quo. Niccolo Machiavelli said in 1515, “There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to [...] Related posts:
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How to Reverse Negativity and Come out on Top - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Sometimes there is nothing more irritating than those trite phrases like “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” When you’re having a tough time in life, your first inclination may be to tell those full of such homespun logic to go suck a lemon. Those people don’t have to deal with an ogre boss or [...] Related posts:
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Managers – Set Limits on Long Hours - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Do you and your team work more than 40 hours per week? When it comes to productivity, longer hours are not better. As Sara Robinson writes in “Bring Back the 40-Hour Workweek, ” decades of research during the 20th Century showed us that 8 hours a day/40 hours a week was the maximum workload for [...] Related posts:
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Joel Garfinkle on Dealing with the Pressures of Management - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Joel Garfinkle is an executive coach and author of Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level. Recently, I asked him some questions about some common problems faced by managers, and how best to deal with them. AB: Let’s say I’m a manager and my staff just isn’t meeting its goals. [...] Related posts:
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Hire with Less Risk - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
In-person conversational interviews are notoriously ineffective for determining whether a new hire will be a good fit. In many instances, a second interview is needed to more completely assess whether a particular candidate is well suited to an open position. Work simulations, sometimes also known as case interviews, provide candidates with a real-life business problem [...] Related posts:
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Being Spider Man: How Introverts Can Excel at Extroverted Roles - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Sherrie Haynie, a consultant with CPP, Inc., the publisher of the Myers-Briggs assessment, had this to say regarding introverts: “Often, introverts describe how they interact with the outside world as a performance, and acting is work. Similar to professional actors, introverts may appear enthusiastic, lively and entertaining. However, many describe the experience as being ‘on [...] Related posts:
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Lessons from the Boston Marathon: Deciding When to Adjust a Goal - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
This past Monday, the running of the 116th Boston Marathon was held. Unlike the race most years, this year it was unseasonably hot. a sunny day with over 70 degrees at the start line and temperatures climbed to mid-80s during the race. While this may seem like fine weather for a day at the beach, [...] Related posts:
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What Will Young Workers in 2030 Be Like? - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Did you know that there’s another baby boom on? Since the mid 2000s, the fertility rate in the U.S. has been at its highest since 1971, meaning that the generation preliminarily known as Generation Z is actually larger than its predecessor, the mammoth Generation Y. The new boom is thought to be caused by a [...] Related posts:
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Settling into a Work-Life Rhythm - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
This past Tuesday Rick Santorum announced he was suspending his presidential campaign and no longer running for the White House. According to a Huffington Post article, “the combination of his daughter’s sickness and recent poll numbers showing him possibly losing his home state apparently prompted the early departure.” I can’t imagine how difficult it must [...] Related posts:
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How to Protect Your Time From Long-winded Colleagues, Callers, and Other Interruptions - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
When you’re racing to get something done on a deadline and you get interrupted by a long-winded colleague or telephone caller, do you: (a) Let them talk, trying to politely hint that you don’t have much time, or (b) Say, “I’m actually short on time right now. Could I call you back?” Far more people do [...] Related posts:
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Are You Being a Nag? - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
I was having lunch with one of my mentors the other day, an extremely successful businesswoman in the HR field. She asked me who had signed up for my new 2012 partnership offering. “No one,” I said. “Why not? It’s such a great idea, and for any decent-sized company, the cost is a drop in [...] Related posts:
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5 Ways to Become More Disciplined at Work - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Self-discipline is the internal drive to make things happen. Some might argue that it is a trait that you either have or you don’t, but I believe that anyone can increase their self-discipline with a little effort. Here are some suggestions to implement during your work day. Create a Daily Schedule One key to self-discipline [...] Related posts:
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Managing the Needs of Multiple Supervisors - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
It’s a fact of modern work life that many of us have multiple supervisors. And even if you’re an efficient multi-tasker, you’re never going to be Superman. It’s not a good idea to sabotage your goals by taking on more work than you can do just because someone above you said so. Formalize Daily Responsibilities [...] Related posts:
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Delivering Difficult Messages the Right Way - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Picture this scenario: You leave your boss’s office after hearing there are going to be a number of belt-tightening measures throughout the company that will affect your team’s structure. As you head back to your desk, you feel the acid start to churn in your stomach as you consider the most important bit of news [...] Related posts:
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Managers: See Yourself as Others See You - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Over at the Harvard Business Review blogs, Linda Hill and Kent Lineback have a terrific post on the importance of knowing how your words and actions are perceived by those who report to you. As Linda and Kent rightfully point out, though, getting a truthful answer is easier said than done. Here are some of [...] Related posts:
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How to Succeed as a Young Manager - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Before the age of 28, Aaron McDaniel had been appointed regional vice president at a Fortune 10 company. He has managed over 100 people and has been responsible for a variety of job functions from business development to network operations. I asked Aaron, who now writes the Young Professional’s Edge blog, for his top tips [...] Related posts:
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Finding Your “Just Right” Email Solution - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
It is one of the great mysteries of the professional life that even the most organized and efficient person often can’t beat email overload. Except for QuickBase’s Kyle Copeland of course. No matter how hard you try, by the end of the week you’re yelling “uncle” as you watch hundreds – sometimes thousands – of [...] Related posts:
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Unleash Your Inner Creative Genius - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
Creativity can be difficult for us because for most of our lives we have been trained to not think creatively. Much of our education during our earlier years focus on either remembering a specific set of facts or reproducing a solution we have been taught. For most of us at work, this is also true. [...] Related posts:
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On the Chopping Block? Here Are 4 More Strategies for Saving Your Neck - Story From: The QuickBase Blog. Get more connected. Be more productive.
We’ve been getting requests from readers for more strategies to prevent getting fired. Here are four more to keep in your back pocket. Be Hard to Replace You should build up a unique set of skills and take ultra-specific training courses so that no current employee can do your job as well as you can [...] Related posts:
