“be Better” Tips for Everyone

By William Arruda – Forbes This summer, American unemployment rates dropped below 4% — lower than businesses have experienced in at least a decade. As a result, the tables have turned in favor of candidates. After all, today’s market is flush with position announcements and opportunities. In an employees’ market, job seekers have the luxury of…

By Brigette Hyacinth – LinkedIn Employees don’t leave organizations, They leave bad bosses. The worst place an employee can be, is stuck in an organization with a micro-manager who doesn’t care about their development and there are no opportunities for growth and advancement. In my early career, I worked for a bad boss who put profit before…

By LaRae Quy – theLadders A reporter once asked me whether the FBI provides textbooks for an agent to study so they can become a strong leader. The answer is no; FBI agents are expected to face their challenges head-on — no one sugarcoats the reality of their situation. My fellow agents and I learned…

By Cheryl Grace – theLadders Self-Assessment Quiz ─ TRUE or FALSE: I understand that leadership begins with trust and having good character traits. Being a leader goes beyond being the first to raise my hand for something. Confidence and having a positive attitude are core values of a great leader. Okay, newbie, if you answered…

By Brett Whysel – Forbes “So, Brett, what does GALOP say?” During my days as a quantitative investment banker, my colleagues would often ask me to convey the results of my financial models so they would know what product or strategy to offer a particular client. Programmed in Excel, my GALOP models (which stood for “Global Asset-Liability Optimization…

By Kat Boogaard-theLadders When it comes to work, the last thing you want to be is another cog in the wheel — you’d much rather stand out. You want to be the first person your boss thinks of when she needs someone to spearhead a challenging project, and for everybody in your office to think…

By Gifford Thomas – LinkedIn In 1937, Napoleon Hill wrote his book Think and Grow Rich as a personal development and self-improvement book. This book is a must-read for anyone who aspires to great leadership because the philosophies in this book is really eye opening and it can help anyone succeed in any line of…

By Alli Hoff Kosik – theLadders Being a good employee is one thing. You show up on time and complete tasks successfully, and are generally pleasant to work with. Your performance reviews are satisfactory, you’re well-liked around the office, and you wrap things up at exactly the moment your workday officially ends so you can go…

By Gwen Moran -Fast Co. You feel it coming—the malaise, fatigue, irritability, and lack of interest. It’s tougher to motivate yourself to do what you need to do. You’re heading toward full-fledged burnout. But the bad news is that you have zero flexibility to take time off to deal with it. “When you’re talking about…

By Linda Le Phan – theLadders   Not everyone is born a charming extrovert … and that’s a good thing. If everyone was the same, life would be boring. And especially in the workplace, it’s mainly when you have a variety of different personalities – including the quieter and introverted personalities – that workdays are…