Workplace

Planning needed for effective negotiating, and much of the hard thinking has to be done even before negotiations begin

The key to a successful negotiation? Start with planning and focus.

Effective negotiating can lead to both parties benefitting from the outcome. Here’s how planning and focus can help.

Perhaps this quote from Winston Churchill should be borne in mind. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal,” he said. “It is the courage to continue that counts.”

Learn from failure by looking for the seeds of success

To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, success has a thousand fathers, but failure is an orphan. However, according to Colleen Macklin and John Sharp, authors of a new book, Iterate: Ten Lessons in Design and Failure*, failure often opens a critical path forward.

Corporate travel: How Uber for Business is changing the game

Lost receipts and out-of-policy rides are an inconvenience for many businesses trying to manage corporate travel. Now, popular ridesharing platform Uber is making the process much simpler with its Uber for Business service.

Here are some of the common signs that you might need to quit your job.

Should I quit my job? 5 signs it’s time to go

We all experience frustrating times in our careers, but if you find yourself asking the question, “Should I quit my job,” then you’ll want to review these five signs that it’s time to move on from your current role.

95 per cent of employees dislike performance reviews and a near equal proportion think they give an inaccurate picture.

5 steps to a better performance review

A performance review is an opportunity to look forward as well as give constructive feedback. Here are five tips to improve the performance review process.

It's sponsorship, not mentorship, that can have the most significant impact on your career.

How to find a career sponsor

A career sponsor (or workplace sponsor) is someone who is both influential and willing to go to bat for you.

Well-managed stress is healthy, motivating us and driving performance. Stress becomes unhealthy when it is constant and beyond the control of individuals.

How to leave work-related stress at the office door

Experts offer tips on how to leave work stress at the door when you clock off.

Research has found that 71 per cent of the hiring managers would employ a job hopper.

Job hopping: from red flag to selling point

Technological advancement, less job security and social media influences have changed the outlook on job hopping over the past 15 years. Here’s why it’s no longer a career killer.

Facilitating meetings between remote workers can be testing, with communication and cultural differences – not to mention logistical complexities – to navigate. Here are four strategies that can simplify the process.

4 ways to lead a successful global team meeting

Four practical tips that will help you keep global team meetings on track and participants engaged.

Dismantling negative stereotypes is key to seeing people’s true worth, but let’s not fudge the facts in the process. What is really true about cognition changes with age in healthy adults?

9 ways to improve your brain fitness

At what age does cognition peak in adulthood - somewhere between the speed of youth and wisdom of age? Can we even say there is a prime time for brain fitness?

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