Keep the Job

The 25+ articles below offer concrete, tactical advice for how to maximize your potential in your current role as a manager, project lead, or senior associate. I’ve loosely organized the content into three broad categories: personal factors (about you), interpersonal astuteness (about you + others), and the manager’s p.o.v. (about you as boss). Whether you need help managing emotions, communications, or Millennials, you’ll find what you’re looking for here.

Personal Factors

• Shut up, buckle down, grind it out: the scientifically proven way to succeed
• Humility will kill your career (but it won’t kill mine!)
• What does my boss expect from me?
• I hate my job. How can I make things worse?
• Personal responsibility and the Moment of Clarity
• The #1 determinant of your success is…
• 5 surprising reasons you need courage today more than ever
• 10 nightly habits that are bad for your career that you do anyway
• 11 ways to make the least of your career
• Showing emotional control when you get upset

Interpersonal Astuteness

• Speak plain
• What you need to know about office hook-ups that people don’t like to talk about
• Interpersonal Skills for Introverts
• Why does every meeting start with 5 minutes of useless chit-chat?!
• “While y’all are chatting, I’m gettin’ it done.” Surprise! That’s a career ender.
• Developing Millennials’ interpersonal skills
• Seiden’s Rules for Giving Effective Feedback
• Arrg! I’m being held back by someone else’s incompetence!
• How do I handle a slacker coworker who doesn’t pull his weight?
• How do I convince my boss I’m ready for a promotion?
• How do I recover after being sandbagged in a meeting… by my boss?
• How do I work with people who don’t like me?

From a Senior Manager’s Point of View…

• How do I delegate better?
• How do I manage an exasperating employee?
• How do I hire self starters?
• 4 tips for managing Millennials
• Do you want the truth, or do you pretend to want the truth?
• Overcoming an overly negative workforce
• The reason why giving credit and taking blame builds loyalty
• My office clears out at 5:01; how do I make them care?
• Management’s easy: you set up strict policies, enforce them, and you’re done… right?
• Accountability vs. authority: the biggest non-issue in business

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