8 Simple Ways to Improve Your Freelancing Skills
For most of us, 2020 was one of the worst years of our lifetime. However, 2020 also gave rise to an unprecedented boom in freelancing. With an increasing number of highly qualified and skilled people losing jobs, freelancing began emerging as the single most popular way to earn money while ensuring a steady income.
While …
Tips to Improve Your Memory to Enhance Problem-Solving Skills
Humans have been intrigued by memory since the age of Aristotle. Despite the progress we’ve made with modern scientific research, there’s still a lot to uncover when it comes to understanding the human memory. After all, who wouldn’t want to improve their memory?
You will see beneficial outcomes if you improve your memory. This includes …
How to Work With a Client You Don’t Like
We deal with all types of people when we are working and some of them may not be very easy to work with. When you have to work with a client you don’t like, try to implement the below tactics for a smoother mode of operation.
Be Professional: You don’t need to be friends with…
How Organizational Leadership Fits With Human Resources
Organizational leadership is often paired with human resources. Some see the two as different sides of the same coin while others view it as two separate disciplines. While each plays a specific role, they do overlap in certain areas.
Human resources focuses primarily on the employment process from recruitment to termination and is task-focused. HR …
3 Things Employees Need to Make Data-Driven Decisions
Many companies roll out a new business intelligence strategy with high hopes, only to experience underwhelming employee adoption rates and a low return on investment. This situation understandably leaves leaders scratching their heads wondering, “What happened?”
To put it simply: Becoming a data-driven organization requires more than simply deploying new business intelligence (BI) software or …
Fun Summer Activities for The Office
Summer is approaching and it is time to plan some fun summer activities for work. Let your office get to know each other better and bond with the help of fresh air and sunshine. Below you can find some ideas:
Field Trip: Summer is the best time to go outside for office bonding. The days…
How to Create a Workplace Culture of Acceptance
This week I would like to include David Mesa’s ideas and opinions about creating a workplace culture of acceptance in my article. David Mesa, Chief Development Officer of PJ’s Coffee, an experienced leader with over 25 years at the management level has created robust company culture through building trust, acceptance and understanding with his team …
How to Close a Business Deal Successfully
A business deal is actually a transaction. Some transactions are very easy such as buying inventory with a fixed price but some transactions are very complicated. If you don’t do these transactions right, they may cost you a lot of money. Therefore, you should be careful about finding the middle ground. In order to do …
How to Give Negative Feedback to a Coworker
Unfortunately, managers do not always give positive feedback and sometimes they need to deliver negative feedback as well in order to keep all of the employees on track and help them reach their full potential. Although giving negative feedback is not an easy task, you may ease the process by following the below tips.
Deliver…
Your Manager is Not Your Friend
It is ok to have a friendly relationship with coworkers. Actually, this makes the work day much more enjoyable. However, becoming friends with direct reports is a little trickier. As the boundaries are getting blurrier in corporate America and the workplaces are shifting to a more casual environment, especially young employees are having difficulty in …