Most of us have had the unfortunate experience of dealing with a difficult, demanding boss. While we often feel helpless in making this situation more tenable, there are steps we can take to help smooth things over in the workplace, and make the relationship more palatable. Understand their motivations: What…
Pamela Weinberg
Career Coach
Pamela Weinberg is a Career Coach and co-founder of Mind Your Own Business Moms. To learn more, visit her website: myobmoms.com.
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While gossiping around the water cooler can be a fun diversion from time to time, making it a habit can interfere with day-to-day job duties and even worse, lead to some tough dynamics in the workplace. Some offices have more drama than General Hospital, and it’s best to be a…
Working with someone you don’t like can make your day-to-day office life pretty unpleasant. Whether that person is a constant complainer, a negative nelly or just plain rude, your daily interactions can cause anxiety and ultimately affect your on-the-job performance. The good news is that there are strategies you can…
Nobody likes to be rejected, but as Wayne Gretzky famously said: “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” Rejection is part of life and certainly part of the workplace, especially for those who are striving to succeed. You didn’t get the promotion you were hoping for; your…
Unfortunately, it’s a fact that there continues to be a disparity between what women and men earn. Women only earn 78 percent of each dollar earned by men annually, and oftentimes it is because men are more comfortable with negotiating. Doing so is tough for both sexes, but women typically…
I recently met with a young woman who has been at her job for three years. She is a registered dietician working at a hospital and it is her first job out of graduate school. She is very happy there, but, in looking ahead, she believes that there is not…
Many of us take it for granted when our workplaces are pleasant places to be during the day. We have colleagues we respect and enjoy, and who respect and appreciate us in return. But there is an unlucky minority who may love what they do, but not with whom they…
