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Backstabbing occurs everywhere in all workplace. You maybe unknowingly back stab by people that you do not know, you know, or even closed colleagues. You do not really know who are your friend and foe. Friends can be foes as well if you are not careful too! Therefore, it is essential to learn key survival skills against these underlying dangers lurking in the workplace. We want to protect ourselves against them. You never know who are the two-headed snake and sly foxes that are scheming to cause disruption to your career. Here, we have five preventive measures against backstabbing before it really happens. Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Career Advice, Workplace Survival | Tags: Career Advice, recession, recruitment, retrenchment, Workplace Survival | 2 Comments »
Following our checklist to find out if you will be a potential staff to be axed or the likelihood of being axed, we have a set of indicators that will tell you if you will be the next few to clear your desk! Fret not! It’s not the end of the world if there are signs here and there warning you of this impending danger! Most of the time, when you observe such signals occurring to you, it’s mostly too late. You can at least make some preparation with this final amount of time you have in the office to reduce the “damage”… Read the rest of this entry »
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Yes, we know the recession is (almost) over. Some analysts said that we are recovering but of course, not all of them are in-sync with the same sentiment. Employment and consumer statistics are still hovering at pre-good time level and we may not see the “light” soon (yet). But beyond the discussion of market and economy and the fat pay cheques the Wall Street CEOs are getting, will there be another recession (most likely yes)? If it does happen again in your life time, will you be able to survive possible retrenchment? Read the rest of this entry »
Author: admin | Filed under: Personal Productivity, Workplace Productivity | Tags: 24-hour pay check, Personal Productivity, Planning, Workplace Survival | No Comments »
How can we achieve more productivity in a single day? If you are confused with the many tips available out there, take a look at our 5workplace productivity tips that will get you jump-started. Before we can really dwell to these simple straight forward tips, you need to be very aware of your personal characteristics and behaviour. That will serve as a prerequisite for understanding how to effectively use these productivity tips. If you are already ready, read on! Read the rest of this entry »
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With the recession around the block, no wonder everyone in the organization is jumpy and anxious about things at work. The competition between colleagues intensifies with fear that anyone of us can be the next to get a pay cut or worst, being asked to pack our desks. Yes, we’ve to be doubly diligent at work and of course not forgetting, not to do any absolute dumb things in the office that will stall your career or even invite you an exit out of the organization. What are the dumb things that you shouldn’t be doing? Read the rest of this entry »
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One of the key things about workplace survival is about sensitive and awareness of the surroundings. In every workplace, there are different characteristics and classification of human behaviour that is similar to the animal kingdom. We must master the natural survival techniques in the workplace to last us through our entire career. But before that, we must know who are the predators and who are not… Do not panic, we’ve got a list of types of co-workers just for you that you may have in your organization to beguin with! Read the rest of this entry »
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Has it ever catch your mind that, why your colleagues are able to work in this screw up company for almost close to a decade? Have you ever been pissed with a new colleague that has recently graduated from university, which he barges into everyone’s zone with his high level of energy and “willingness” of indirectly creating more tasks for you? Have you ever been feeling down in office or experiencing career dilemma? Then when you look back, you thought, “Hey I was full of energy like Jack, man… what’s happening …” Read the rest of this entry »
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You may have just completed studies and begin working in your first job. You left your current company to pursue a greener pasture at other firms. You’ve got yourself transferred into another department of the same company. They’re (almost) similar where you are entering a new environment to work in. What will you do after you entered a new environment? Usually, you settled down to get accustomed to the culture, pace and people, right? And hope that you will be in line for promotion the next financial year. (But usually you’re not the one in line…) That’s pretty normal. Let’s try to speed things up a little by giving you pointers so that you start fast in the new environment! Read the rest of this entry »
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How do you play the game right to your advantage? How do you handle the Ball of Responsibility effectively? We’ve shown you that in a situation, you are actually playing ball games with our co-workers. Having the Me factor, you know your responsibilities. Having the Situation factor, you know the outcome and consequences. Earlier, we’ve mentioned that playing the game right, you can avoid being the victim of the blame chain. How do we do that? Read the rest of this entry »
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We’ll going to introduce to you a powerful concept today that will boost personal productivity from personal survivability. Personal survivability aims to have a neutral effect at your end. Personal productivity in this situation is that you handled the situation properly with awareness of the responsibilities and, reduce or eliminate the consequences on your side. Have you ever wonder why you are always at the end of the food chain of responsibility blame? Why aren’t the others being held responsible for? Why are you always the victim? Read the rest of this entry »
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