Reading Time: 3 minutes Leaders who advance to a new echelon often underestimate the challenges they are about to confront
Category: Careers/HR
A complete archive of all of Troy Media’s career and human resource information; from finding the right job to moving up or out on your own
What to do when the boss is the problem
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes the only way to deal with a truly difficult boss is to change jobs
ADHD can stall your career
Reading Time: 3 minutes Millions of people are walking around unaware they suffer attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, or how it affects their live and careers
Attracting and retaining tomorrow’s top talent
Reading Time: 4 minutes When asked what they most want from their employers, four categories are always at the top of a young workers’ list
Contrarian approach to job hunting pays off
Reading Time: 3 minutes The herd mentality myth holds that, since many people are working together to accomplish a goal, they must be right. They often aren’t
You can’t pay people to excel. The hard work of soft skills
Reading Time: 3 minutes The leader’s job is to encourage people to excel by using the soft skills needed to create an atmosphere of caring, trust and inclusion
The joy of being multilingual
Reading Time: 3 minutes Studies consistently show that being multilingual is good for brain health and development in children and adults
Your guide to unsticking your team’s potential
Reading Time: 3 minutes How to deal with three team-member dysfunctions that can get in the way of team effectiveness
How to portray confidence in an interview
Reading Time: 3 minutes Focus on your characteristics and skills, allowing other people to determine for themselves which skills are useful for the job and which aren’t
Venus, Mars and workplace communication
Reading Time: 5 minutes We know that men have a different workplace communication style than women, but does “different” mean better?