photo: ALsocme Okay, Cubicle Warriors, here’s the deal: Your manager just gave you the assignment to speak to an all-department (or all-hands!) meeting to describe an initiative that you’re working on for the team. Worse, you get to explain everything in ten minutes. Gulp. You’ve seen these presentations, haven’t you. PowerPoint slide after PowerPoint slide… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Scot Herrick
4 steps to effectively delegate tasks
photo: VFS Digital Design Another blog’s (a food blog!) writer asked the work question of how to delegate a task. I did this answer and then thought that if it was good enough for a comment on that web site, it was certainly good enough to share. Here’s the comment: Once you make the decision… Continue Reading
When the rules change, check your workflow
photo: _sarchi Here’s the situation: you’ve been running your day as you have for the last x-amount of time. Then all of a sudden, the rules change. In my consulting case, the policy towards email retention changed. It requires one to rethink how to process email because the structure of files the company now provides… Continue Reading
Quarterly resume updates for employment security
photo: Ethan Hein Recently, I had a conversation with a person who works for a company that has had complete job security. Now, though, sites are being closed, layoffs are happening and he’s worried about if this company is still the place to work. The first step if you are worried about your job is… Continue Reading
3 reasons you are not keeping up at work
photo: quinn.anya A key to success on the job is a task management system that works for you. Whether that task management system is a methodology like Getting Things Done or a 25-notes-on-the-whiteboard approach that you invented, knowing your workload and your work inventory is key to accomplishing your tasks. Until it all gets out… Continue Reading
Serendipity Saturday, March 9, 2013
Fastener (Fast) is our greyhound that we just adopted from the racing track. As her transitional foster home Mom noted: “Fast is racing to retirement.” Yup. … Continue Reading
For job security, save one month’s salary
You know what the best defense is for the risk of getting laid off? One year’s take home pay in the bank. You’ll never remove the risk of a layoff. Job security is a myth. Even if you are consistently adding job skills to your resume, getting great reviews, and have confidence in your ability,… Continue Reading
Track business results for your performance review
Your business results drive your ability to get better performance reviews, job opportunities and the resulting income that comes from both. Yet, too many of us fail to track our business results and when we get to crunch time — filling out that self-review for performance or updating our resume — our business results are… Continue Reading
Serendipity Saturday, March 2, 2013
One day late…writing this on a Sunday at O’Hare, waiting for my international flight for the work week…and looks like I’ll miss the coming snow storm at home on Monday night. Enjoy your week, wherever you may be.… Continue Reading
How to tell your manager is failing you
Let me ask you a simple, yet complicated, question. Have you ever received work goals from your manager that you thought you could attain? Goals that were reasonable, measurable, and were able to be attained from your own work? Looking back on a (very) long career, I’d say no. Or very rare. When I was… Continue Reading