Tag: Getting Ahead

Skill DevelopmentWorkplace Success

Are There Generational Differences in Expressing Appreciation?

Just as the 5 Love Languages have helped millions of couples improve their communication with each other, the 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace is now drastically enhancing supervisors’ and colleagues’ ability to communicate authentic appreciation in the workplace.

We know that traditional employee recognition programs aren’t effective in helping employees truly feel valued …

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3 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Build Your Career

In a world where social media allows us to connect with almost everyone in the free world instantaneously, one platform dominates the professional networking space. Its name? LinkedIn.

By now, most people in the professional world have heard of LinkedIn. Job seekers know it can help them find a career, but many don’t know how …

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The Least Known Secret of Success

Daydreaming is the least understood brain activity and yet it’s the most powerful source of success, according to research psychologists in the US, Europe, China and Japan. This cross-cultural finding that creativity and productivity blossom from daydreaming is especially interesting, because it is almost universally discouraged.

For most of us, the priority at school and …

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Five Reasons Your Profession Is Hurting Your Career

When I graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering, that was the only credential I could use to market myself to prospective employers. In an ideal world, employers would have gotten to know me and determined that I had potential to do many things, tested me to define my talents and motivations, and …