Networking is an Ongoing Endeavor Networking is an essential part of a job hunt. It gives you exposure to many more potential employers and is a much better targeted approach than just sending resumes in bulk to every company in your field of expertise. But networking is not just a job-hunting tactic, it’s also part of successful career development. Networking, whether through social gatherings organized specifically for that purpose or through...

Teambuilding Team building — what’s the first thing that springs to your mind? Picnics, paintball contests, seminars or another event claiming to be building a team spirit among co-workers. But team building is more than just a series of events; it’s a whole philosophy that aims to motivate people, make them more productive and more efficient in their work. Team spirit makes communication between employees themselves and between the team...

How Appreciation Makes For Better Productivity If you are in a managerial position you’re probably spending much time trying to work out efficient ways to boost the productivity of the team you lead, devising strategies to motivate people and make them happier. While happiness is a subjective thing, statistics from Gallup show that many employees are so unhappy with their job that they couldn’t be bothered to put anything more than the minimum...

Female Boss Archetypes: Are You One of These? A recent Gallup survey asked random American men and women, 2,059 adults total, if they preferred a male boss over a female. 35% chose to work for a man and 23% said they preferred to work for female supervisors. It was the highest vote ever for female bosses in the history of the Gallup poll. But when asked about why they disliked working for females, the old ugly stenotypes arose....