Category: Work & Career

Dealing With A Bully At Work

Workplace bullying is rarely shouting. It is usually exclusion, credit-taking and quiet undermining, which is what makes it hard to name....

Revamp Your Resume

Yours is read for about thirty seconds by someone holding forty others. Almost every rule follows from that single fact....

The Buddy System At Work

Pairing a new joiner with an ordinary colleague does more for them in a fortnight than any induction pack manages in a month....

Work Ethics You Should Live By

Not the poster on the wall. The handful of ordinary rules that decide whether people can rely on you....

Controlling Anger At Work

Anger at work is common and reasonable. What it costs depends almost entirely on the ninety seconds after it arrives....

Traits Of Great Leaders

The lists are long and mostly interchangeable. A few traits do the actual work, and they are less charismatic than advertised....

Getting Ready For A New Job

The first weeks set an impression that takes a year to revise. Most of what decides it happens before you walk in....

Being Professional At Work

The rules are mostly unwritten, which is why people who miss them rarely find out until it has already cost them....

Common Mistakes We Make At Work

Most workplace errors are not carelessness. They are the predictable result of how attention behaves under routine....