Hello, this is Laura Lee Rose. I am a speaker and author. I am an expert in time and project …
How to schedule 2 weeks of vacation when we have aggressive delivery schedules. Read More »
Hello, this is Laura Lee Rose. I am a speaker and author. I am an expert in time and project …
Is it best practice to get valued clients a gift? Read More »
I recently was asked for advice for small business owners on ways to build a strong, positive culture at work. Read some tips.
(Posted anonymously on behalf of a program engineering manager at a fine, upstanding organization where it would be best if …
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Recently I was approached by a professional struggling with what her next career position should be. Her background was in project management, but she could go back to school and get her MBA. She should start something on her own, or she could stay exactly where she is and focus on her PMP certification. She could take her transferable skills and move into operational management for the executive level. She could do this or that or the other. She was continually flip-flopping among all these options that she was stalled.
With clients expecting orders to be turned around faster than in the past, how can a small business speed up their operations?
Have this ever happened to you? You get a great performance review; they are very pleased with your work; they say they would like to give you a raise — BUT, due to budget problems, it is not possible at that time. What do you do to succeed?
I am, at heart, an analyst. There is nothing that would please me more than being able to shut my …
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4 weeks after I had completed his taxes for him, I asked this friend-first-removed if he had received his refund yet. He confessed that he has the forms signed, but he has not mailed them in yet.
“Well — you know you can’t get your money, until you mail the forms in….”
It’s the same in life and work. It’s more difficult to get what you really want if you don’t explicitly ask for it and then follow-through with your plan.
It’s usually bad news when your job offer is put on hold. Sometimes the offer disappears. So what strategies can you employ to make sure you keep that offer alive even if the employer has to suspend plans for bringing you on board?
It’s usually bad news when your job offer is put on hold. Sometimes the offer disappears. So what strategies can you employ to make sure you keep that offer alive even if the employer has to suspend plans for bringing you on board?