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The Hidden Advantage of Sharp Edges — Why Being Disagreeable is Best
Anyone can be valuable if they have the right motivation, but strangely enough, being disagreeable multiplies that value.
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Work Enemies: Actions You Can Take to Protect Yourself From Bad Relationships
You won't always get along with your co-workers. What can you do to protect yourself?
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How Senior Leaders Evaluate Ideas — And a Story of Amazon's 3-Year Planning Process
Ideas are valuable if they're not simply a desired outcome. A path to an outcome is the core element of a good idea.
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Create Career Success: 11 Key Phrases for Your Workplace
How others perceive your performance and your work is heavily influenced by your communication skills. Influencing others is key to long-term success.
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Managing Up — Stories and Guidelines for Working with Senior Leaders
You could rephrase 'managing up' as how to work with important people so that they want to work with you more, not less. This is a key skill for career…
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Have You Been Ignoring Implicit Feedback, Letting Your Career Pay the Price?
Implicit feedback is the subtle feedback you likely receive regularly. Don't let it escalate to explicit feedback. I spend time translating subtle…
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Here's a Technique to Get Your Manager to Do What You Want.
Your manager isn't lazy, but you need to get things moving! Take control over your career (and your life) by learning how to drive your manager to act.
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You're Not Lazy, But Your Manager Thinks You Are - A Guide to Changing How People Perceive You
Perception is reality. You can rail against the unfairness of how others perceive you, or you can work to change that perception.
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Take on a Secret Challenge to Get Your Manager Promoted
Managers need help in their careers, just like employees. Put some effort into helping your manager.
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The Proven Secret to Forge a Stronger Relationship With Your Manager — Giving and Receiving Feedback
Upwards feedback is a gift from an employee to a manager. How to politely give the gift of feedback to a manager, and as a manager, how to receive…
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A Simple Explanation of Why Your Manager is Mediocre
No manager wants to be a terrible boss. Yet even with the best of intentions, it's hard to avoid being moderately incompetent.
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