Ashley is a smart, hardworking lawyer. She works for a big international company, but the nature of her job is causing her to work alone most of the time. She has a set of responsibilities that only she can fulfill… Read More ›
Career
Why “Fake It Till You Make It” Is A Bad Strategy
“Fake it till you make it” is advice that is being circulated by career advisors for years or even decades. The idea is that you should never be afraid to jump on an opportunity and get to a role that… Read More ›
Work-life Balance Is Not A Thing, This Is
The common wisdom goes that you have life and then you have work. Work leads to exhaustion, anxieties, depression, and you work only to get money so you can have life. That is why so many people talk about work-life… Read More ›
Why To Stop Exploiting Internships
Internship is a great way to build relationships with potential future employees entering the labor market. There are obvious benefits for the company in the form of getting some junior people to help out with the workload while incurring relatively… Read More ›
Have A Plan But Stay Flexible
It was in 2015 when I traveled with a small group of people to Zimbabwe. We had a solid plan for the week we wanted to spend in Zimbabwe before moving on to Botswana. Everything was meticulously planned. We arrived… Read More ›
Can’t Work Together? Just Talk It Through
We all need to communicate. The whole life is a series of interactions with other people, and unless you live a life of Robinson Crusoe, you are required to interact with other people. When there is an interaction, there is… Read More ›
Be Wary Of Personality Tests
MBTI, 16Personalities, Big Five. There are many personality tests you can take online. In fact, the industry of personality testing dates back to the 19th century with a significant jump in use after the WWII, especially in the USA. The… Read More ›
You Are Not As Good As You Believe
Dolly Chugh, in her book The Person You Mean to Be, asks a simple question. Would a truly good person behave the way we do? And she immediately answers. No! Even if we convinced ourselves that we mean well, deep… Read More ›
If You Want It, Act Like You Mean It
“I’m really unlucky. I’ve got my third job in as many years, and I can’t seem to find one that would suit me. And I have terrible luck with managers. Most of them are jerks.” This is how one of… Read More ›
Why To Recruit From Within
The economy is doing great. Most of the countries have record low unemployment rates. Companies fight over the best and the brightest. As I described in How To Win The War For Talent, there is only one way to win… Read More ›
