Her first pregnancy had not been planned, but Hana wanted to take time off to stay with and look after her daughter for the first four years. Hana, who had worked since she had graduated ten years ago and had risen up the corporate ladder with a multinational, wanted to do things differently now that…
Surprisingly – or unsurprisingly – Yahoo has announced that it will shut down its Dubai office by the end of April 2016. There have been talks of the company shutting down its Middle East operations since January 2015 when it cut its staff down by half. However, when TRENDS’ sister publication Communicate reached out to Yahoo, we…
It’s frustrating and painful to fight with a colleague when you’re not in the same office or time zone. What’s the best way to solve a disagreement with someone who’s in a different location? “The two main things that get in the way are the lack of shared understanding about how you work and lack…
A few years ago, a colleague I’ll call “George” leaned in confidentially to tell me, “Take on a high-profile, low-stakes administrative task, then royally mess it up. They’ll never ask you to do anything like that again.” As a fellow law professor, George thought he was sharing his secret formula for writing scholarly books and…
There’s no shortage of advice about how to react to negative feedback. Whether the critic is a boss or a co-worker, the same familiar guidance is consistently presented: Listen carefully, don’t get defensive, ask for time. They bear repeating, and thinking through now – so you’ll be prepared in the heat of the moment. 1….
A walking meeting is simply that: a meeting that takes place during a walk instead of in an office, boardroom, or coffee shop where meetings are commonly held. Recent research finds that the act of walking leads to increases in creative thinking. This certainly supports the usefulness of walking meetings. Plenty of anecdotal evidence also…
Robert was the head of an East Coast insurance company. His greatest asset was his large, extroverted personality. He was the classic glad-handing, backslapping, high-energy salesman. His problem was a familiar one, too: A great salesman – even one with charisma – doesn’t necessarily make a great leader. After receiving some 360-degree feedback, we met…
Getting laid off is perhaps the most professionally traumatic experience you’ll ever have. “The old adage that it’s not about you is nonsense,” says John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and the author of “How to Get a Job You Love.” “It’s a rejection – the company is saying, ‘We don’t need you. We can…
If you’re like me, you probably send emails all day (and sometimes all night) long. And that means the people receiving your emails are doing exactly the same thing. How do you make sure the ones you send get noticed? First, the basics: TEXT – Enough with the lowercase “i” and lack of periods. Even…
Everyone from your mother to your mentor has advice about the best way to switch jobs. But how can you know whom to trust? We asked readers (and our own editors) what advice they hear most often about how to switch job and then talked with two experts to get their perspectives on whether the…
