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We’ve all heard of (and dreaded) performance evaluations when you sit down with your supervisor and get their feedback on how well you’re doing. For some reason, this process always seems punitive in some way, and you’re always nervous before it even if you feel like you have been doing

Many people believe that visualization can get you where you want to go. The rules of visualization, as described in The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, gained a huge amount of popularity, with people trying to visualize relationships, money, promotions and even parking spaces into their lives! Visualizing Things That Make

Being an entrepreneur or a manager is largely about managing people. Sure, there may be some entrepreneurs who fixate on the product and making it perfect. And maybe they have some original ideas which will make a splash in the market. But if you can’t manage the people in your

At the coffee pot. In the hallways. In the restroom. Via texts that fly through the building. Communication happens whether you manage it or not. So why bother? Communication affects your bottom line In today’s workplace, everyone wants to be in the know and part of the conversation. Companies that

One of the mistakes that many people make in their careers is that they don’t make long term career plans. They just go with whatever job seems best to them at best. And this usually means the job that pays the most. But imagine a scenario in which you were

In his book, The Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz writes, “Belief in success is the one basic, absolutely essential ingredient of successful people.” You may have heard this kind of thinking before, especially if you’re a reader of self-help books. But it’s difficult to really understand what it means.

Most of us believe that a sense of purpose is necessary to be happy in the workplace. And this is largely true. If we feel that we are making a difference to the world somehow, it makes us happier and more productive in the long run. And “making a difference”

Most people start a business because they have a vision. Maybe they get an idea that strikes them as great, and they just want to put it into action. Or they might be unhappy with the way that things are run in the company where they work, so they want

Human resource managers have the responsibility of overseeing needy employees at work. However, the tricky part is doing it without interfering in their career development. You might be tempted to distance yourself from the high-maintenance employees. This short term tactic might hurt needy employees in the long run. Try these

Not everyone sits down and thinks deliberately about career development. You may not even have done a lot of soul-searching about what field you want to enter. It may have been decided for you by your parents or by the fact that you seemed to be good at something. At