Author: admin | Filed under: Employee Satisfaction | Tags: bonus, Employee Satisfaction, employment, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
There are factors that can affect your performance bonus. Some things are out of our control. That is the current economy outlook, the business outlook, the company performance and any profit (or lost) in the year. Of course, anyone of us would not settle for a small bonus after working like hell for the year. But at least, you know the reasons behind it and may feel better after knowing it. Find out the reasons why your bonus is small this year. Read the rest of this entry »
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It is easy to measure performance and rewards in an organisation that is profit-driven. The more money the company make, the more bonuses the employees get (especially the banks!). The more sales the sales person clocks for the year, the more bonus he gets as commission. Without profit-driven, it can be rather difficult to measure the performance of an individual. That is a common problem in non-profit driven organisations, such as the government sector or those that supports the sales function (e.g. administration, operations, etc). Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Personal Productivity | Tags: health, Personal Productivity, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
What you do not want to do is to be on medical leave for your most important meeting in the office for the week. Often, we neglect the very basic need of our individual needs that is our personal health. A healthy body allows us to think and work properly in the office. It is required for personal productivity. You won’t be able to do anything if you fall sick easily and therefore, it is essential that we take good care of our body to keep ourselves afloat of our busy lifestyle and schedules. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Career Advice | Tags: Career Advice, modesty, Technqiues, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
Everyone has a fatal flaw of pre-judgement. We always judge too quickly about someone on their social status, achievements and capabilities when we first approach them. This is somewhat unavoidable and ingrain in our mental models. What lies behind their mask may be something totally opposite to what you always believe. He may not be what you think either from a good point or bad point of view. Find out what you maybe thinking of a person here. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Career Advice | Tags: Career Advice, Job Search & Application, Success, Workplace Survival | 1 Comment »
When you do not have a goal, you are easily misled into doing things that is against your principles. You may proceed as normal, receive it and work on it. You question yourself the reason for doing this task at a point of time that you feel lost. Is it valuable to do this task in the first place? Did you question the benefit of performing this task to you? Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Influence & Negotiation, Workplace Survival | Tags: Career Advice, Influence, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
The way to influence your colleagues is to get them to like you. That’s the basic right? Regardless of it is your superior, subordinates or your peers you will need them to like you before you can get them to believe what you are proposing. Objectively, here, we are not showing the methods to be a first class boot-licker nor are we recommending you to brain-wash yourself to what the person you are influencing is. We are offering you methods that will make you generally pleasant, approachable and lovable by your peers. How do you do that? Read the rest of this entry »
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Personal branding is important in our everyday life at work. We want to portrait that we are a productive and approachable worker in the office. But is that the case all the time? Have you wondered why your peers were approach any colleague for help instead of you? We have the answers for you here. At times, it’s not just about your capability. We need to focus on your emotional aspect that you present in front of your peers too! How are you seen in the eyes of your peers then? Read the rest of this entry »
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Backstabbers are always the lurking danger in the workplace. We don’t have all the time to catch all of them else nobody will be doing actual work in the office! Furthermore, anyone can become a back stabber as time passes or a series of events happening to the potential individual. That is why, it is more important to focus our energy to become less likely targets of potential back stabbers or deter their negative emotions against us. Previously, we have mentioned 5 preventive measures against them. In this post, we have an additional six to get you prepared against them. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Career Advice, Employee Satisfaction, Workplace Survival | Tags: Career Advice, Employee Satisfaction, Employers, mid-career, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
Much of what the career advices we get out there is to be a better worker, or improve your personal productivity at work or something of this “better” natural. Sometimes, we need to take a step back and ask, “Is this what I want?”, “Am I doing the right thing for myself?” or “Is this the right job for me?”. By answering such principle questions in our heart, it becomes easier for you to make a decision in your career. Now, you always have an option in your hand to leave the organisation. What will be the factors that will make you leave the organsation then? Read the rest of this entry »
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Much of your performance appraisal will come from your immediate superiors. Unless you are graded by your sales performance which is generally easier to benchmark with. Therefore, it is essential survival skill to understand if your boss likes you. Love you would be the best sceneraio that you would like to be in. With your boss liking you (not in terms of man-woman relationship), your career progression will generally be smooth than the others. That’s of course, your personal productivity being improved as well! Read the rest of this entry »
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