All too often, you or a teammate tend to hear a message, but fail to listen to its meaning. Understanding the difference between listening and hearing is key to your career development, says project management professional and consultant Alfonso Bucero,…

• Regroup. If it’s been a while since your last team gathering, make it a point to get together for a quick meeting or afternoon break so you can catch up. • Rest assured. Are you losing sleep because you’re worrying…

Prepare For Job Performance Feedback You dread performance reviews, but you know they’re an inevitable part of your job. How can you calm your fears and see reviews as a good thing? You need to see your review as a motivator. The…

Have you ever thought about how your teammate or boss could tell what you were really thinking? It’s probably due to the body signals you were sending. Just as you convey messages verbally, your body can do so nonverbally. In fact,…

When you and your teammates are trying to make a difficult or complex decision, you probably try to look at the dilemma from a rational and positive viewpoint. But there’s a better, more complete way of attacking the decision. You must…

Something somebody says at your next team meeting may very well tick you off, but how you react says a lot about your demeanor. Keeping your emotions under control – especially while at work – will benefit both you and your teammates. Your teammates…

It’s hard to stay at your maximum creativity level for long. Working in the same position for a long period  of time causes workers to stall when it comes to thinking outside the box. Fortunately, you don’t have to settle for…

There comes a time when every employee will have to build trust with their colleagues, especially when you are a new team member. You can work on your trust-building skills to gain great advantages for you and your team. Here’s how: 􀀐…

You may feel as though you’ve worked hard enough to ask for a pay raise, but you might not get that raise if you don’t ask for it properly. Taking the time now to learn how to ask for a raise…

It takes only three basic steps to practice how to be a good listener. First, you have to hear the speaker, which means repeating straight facts. Next, you must go one step further in understanding what the speaker is announcing. Finally,…