Psychology | Psychology

Why Aren't More Smart People Rich? A Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says These 3 Personality Traits Predict Financial Success

And if the research on success and achievement isn't enough, Mark Cuban also agrees.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Reputation Damage Blindsided Me, Torpedoed My Job Prospects | Workplace Coach Blog

Reputation damage blindsided me; torpedoed my job prospects; concrete, effective strategies that repair your reputation

Blindsided by reputation damage; job prospects torpedoed: solutions needed

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Ghosted in the Workplace | Workplace Coach Blog

ghosted in the workplace: why people ghost; how many ghost; and importantly, what to do if it happens to you

Ghosted in the workplace; what you can do.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Tough Interview ?s: Don’t Torpedo Your Job Chances with Your Answer to “Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?” | Workpl

Tough interview questions: Don't Torpedo Your Job Chances with a Red Flag Answer to "Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?"

How to answer the "why did you leave your last job?" question without raising a red flag dooming your chances of landing that job

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Why SOBs succeed and nice guys finish last | Workplace Coach Blog

Why SOBs succeed & nice guys finish last; how to keep your sanity & not turn into a jerk yourself if you work for an SOB

Have you wondered why SOBs succeed when nice guys & gals some in 2nd or even last? Here's why, and here's what you can do about it.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Give Yourself A Career Christmas Gift and Start the New Year Off Right | Workplace Coach Blog

Give yourself a career Christmas gift and start the new year off right by dreaming, deciding and dedicating

Give yourself a Christmas gift & start the New Year off right

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Choosing Yourself: When it’s time to take a breather | Workplace Coach Blog

Choosing yourself: when it's time to take a breather--the benefits to taking a temporary career breather & how to do it gracefully

Choosing yourself: when it's time to take a breather & invest in yourself

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Last Man Standing | Workplace Coach Blog

Last man standing: job purgatory after an involuntary job reassignment: questions to ask and steps to take

Reassigned...not laid off...but to a job I do NOT want...don't panic, think.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

My Promotion Vanished | Workplace Coach Blog

My promotion vanished: how to interpret a boss's promises and what to do when the boss welches on a promise

What do you do when your boss promises a promotion and welshes on the deal as soon as you do the work?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

How to Turn Down a Job Offer—and should you? 6 questions to ask. | Workplace Coach Blog

How to turn down a job offer--and should you? 6 questions to ask, and exactly how to decline the offer without burning a bridge

6 ?s to ask before you accept or turn down a job offer

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Should I Accept a Promotion Without a Raise? : Is My Employer Kidding By Expecting Me to Say “Yes”? | Workplace Coac

Should I accept a promotion if there's no raise attached? The many reasons to say "yes," and the three reasons to say "no"

Why you want to accept a promotion, even without a raise--and the three times when you shouldn't.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Fired for Not Smiling–This is Not a Joke | Workplace Coach Blog

Fired for not smiling--who does that? And what do I do now? Do I have to say "I was fired"? Can I say, "it was a mutual decision"?

Fired for smiling--this is not a joke. What kind of supervisor insists an employee smile--or is there more to the story?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Rage Applying: An Act of Revenge Against A Problem Employer | Workplace Coach Blog

Rage-applying: an act of revenge against a problem employer--the results when employees use it and other, better options.

Rage applying, an act of revenge against an employer--what it is, does it work.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Left Behind: Everyone else is light years ahead of me | Workplace Coach Blog

Left behind: everyone else is light years ahead of me: do self-employed workers have it better? Is it too late to strike out on your own?

When everyone else seems to be career light-years ahead of you--is it because you've not tackled your fear of risk?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Are Employers Not Hiring Anymore & Does Being Unemployed Hurt Your Chances of Finding a Job? | Workplace Coach Blog

Employers aren't hiring & being unemployed hurts your job search: here's what you need to know before you quit your job

Searching for a job without success. Have employers slowed hiring? And should I quit so I can fully engage in my job search? Is it harder to get a job when you're unemployed.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Smarter Than My Boss: I Threaten Her | Workplace Coach Blog

My boss is threatened by me; I'm smarter than her and now I'm paying the price. Since you can't change her insecurity, here's what to do

When your brains or skills threaten your boss -- but you want to keep your job, here's how.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

5 red flags that make recruiters scroll past your LinkedIn profile

It is critical to use the same style standards for your LinkedIn profile that you would use for your résumé.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Recovering from Quiet Quitting: Don’t let your career dreams die | Workplace Coach Blog

Recover from quiet quitting: don't let your career dreams die: how to move past when you're stuck working under a problem manager

Recovering from quiet quitting: don't let your career dreams die

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

How to Get Your Boss Fired (& Maybe Even Set Him Up) | Workplace Coach Blog

how to get your boss fired: concrete steps to take that can produce results

When you've had enough. When your boss needs to go.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Clues Your Manager Is Threatened By You & What To Do When This Happens | Workplace Coach Blog

clues your manager is threatened by you and what to do when this happens

Do you have the sense your manager treats you poorly because s/he feels threatened by you? Here's how to recognize this pattern & what to do about it.

Psychology | Personality

The Right Not to Be Fun at Work | The New Yorker

In a win for workplace dignity, a French high court recently decreed that businesses cannot force their employees to participate in supposedly enjoyable activities.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

How to do a great interview for a remote role

If you want to ace an interview for a remote role and make sure you keep that job once you have it, here are the tactics you should use.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

What to Do When Your Career Blows Up, And Maybe Your Life | Workplace Coach Blog

dealing with career setbacks & personal life disasters: What to do when your career blows up after your life has and y

Books | Books

Navigating Conflict | Workplace Coach Blog

Navigating Conflict: the book's almost out!

Navigating Conflict: Tools for Difficult Conversations

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

My Great Job Offer Evaporated…Now What? Is This the New Thing? | Workplace Coach Blog

Your great job offer evaporated...what options you have now--you may have a legal claim

My great job offer evaporated...what now? When an employer rescinds an offer.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

7 smart questions to ask at the end of a job interview

Career counselors recommend each question you ask serve at least one of three purposes.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Handling An Attack By A Resentful Coworker Who Expected the Promotion I Got | Workplace Coach Blog

How to handle a public attack by someone who expected the criticism I got

How to handle an attack from a resentful former-coworker who expected the promotion I got.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

8 Telltale Indications That Your Business Career is Limited by Self-Doubt

Getting out of your comfort zone is always a challenge, but more and more evidence indicates that it is necessary for growth and success in your business and career. In my experience as a mentor to entrepreneurs, I find that self-doubt and lack of confide

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Boomerang Employee: Deciding Whether or Not to Return to a Former Employer | Workplace Coach Blog

boomerang employee: deciding whether you want to a former employer: key questions to ask yourself

Should you ever return to a former employer -- here's what to ask yourself.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Quitter’s Remorse: I need to admit the truth | Workplace Coach Blog

Quitter's remorse: I quit a good, imperfect job for a horrid one; what to do now?

Quitter's remorse: strategies to fix it.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Zoom Hiders: What Does It Cost Them? | Workplace Coach Blog

Zoom Hiders: Camera Shy or Disengaged? What it costs hiders & how managers can get the video cams on.

Zoom hiders: what does it cost them? What's the career risk? Camera shy or disengaged?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Negotiating a Raise with a Manager You Don’t Trust | Workplace Coach Blog

Negotiating a raise with a manager you don't trust -- what works, what doesn't

Surefire strategies for negotiating your next raise or changes in your benefit package.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Love your job but hate your boss? | Workplace Coach Blog

7 action steps when you love your job but hate your boss

Love your job but hate your boss -- here's what to consider & what to do

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Ready to Quit? Which of These 5 Reasons Fits? | Workplace Coach Blog

Ready to quit your job? Which of these 5 reasons fits? Each suggests a different path.

If you're ready to quit, consider these 5 reasons & make your decision

Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

6 Signs It’s Time to Leave Your Job

Number one: You’re no longer growing in your role.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Looking for Mr. Goodboss | Workplace Coach Blog

Looking for Mr. Goodboss, tough love coaching if the problem is you

Is it your boss, or you?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Torn Between Two Jobs: How do you decide? | Workplace Coach Blog

choosing two jobs, what factors do you need to consider

Torn between 2 jobs? Ask these questions to decide which is best for you/your life/your career.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Win a Promotion, Lose a Friend | Workplace Coach Blog

win a promotion; lose a friend; new supervisor problems with former coworkers

What to do when you lose a friend because you receive a promotion over her?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

New Year, Old Job, New You | Workplace Coach Blog

When you don't get the promotion you want and deserve, ask these questions, take these actions and find your next chapter

If your company "rejects" you, you don't need to join in, you can find your own new chapter.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Fired for Not Getting Vaccinated: My Employer’s Happy New Year’s Present | Workplace Coach Blog

Fired for not getting vaccination; what to tell prospective employers? And should you reconsider?

Employee who resents the vaccine mandate wonders what to tell prospective employers after being fired.

Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

The Future of Work: Shorter Hours, Longer Careers - The Atlantic

Humans may soon live to be 100, which likely means more years on the job. That could be a good thing, if we take the opportunity to redesign work.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Long Haul COVID Cost Me My Job: Is There Any Hope? | Workplace Coach Blog

Long-term COVID cost me my job; is there any hope? Yes.

A true story of long-haul COVID.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

You Didn’t Tell the Truth Before; Start | Workplace Coach Blog

Tell the truth, you didn't tell the truth before, start now

What happens when you don't tell the truth & it catches up? What can you do now?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

I Lied on My Resume; What Happens If I Get Caught? - Workplace Coach Blog

What happens if you lie on a resume and get caught?

Lie or fudge the truth on your resume? Inflate accomplishments? Titles? What happens if you're caught? What's at risk?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

I Don't Want to Return to Our Corporate Offices; Will My Decision Cost Me Future Promotions? - Workplace Coach Blog

remote employees risk losing promotions and being left behind

I love working remotely, I don't want to return on-site. Will my decision hurt my career?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Is It Time to Leave Your Job? - Workplace Coach Blog

Is it time to leave your job? What if your job is "good"?

Is it time to leave your job? What if it's a "good" job? 7 questions that give the answer.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Propel Yourself Into a New Job, Promotion or Raise...with a bit of work...even if you're stuck @ home - Workplace Coach Blog

MOOC courses can propel yourself into a new job, promotion or raise even if you're stuck @ home

Free courses that propel your career forward.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Entering a Job Market Pounded by the Pandemic - Workplace Coach Blog

Finding a job after college graduation; key strategies for landing a job

Strategies for landing a job in a COVID-19 trashed marketplace.

Business & Finance | Career Advice

5 reasons why you are still stuck in your work (and in life)

How to take control and start walking towards your own destiny.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

How to Move Past an Employer's Betrayal - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: I was laid off last week, along with two other employees, without advance warning or severance. I received a …

When you do everything you can in your job and for your employer and your employer betrays you, how can you respond

Psychology | Psychology

7 clear signs you're overthinking your job

While we all overthink decisions from time to time, there’s a point where constant ruminating takes a negative toll on your mental wellbeing.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Cut-throat Manager Suing Me for Torpedoing Her Career - Workplace Coach Blog

being sued by a former cutthroat manager

When a former cut-throat manager won't let you go, & it results in you reacting, impacting your career.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Interviewing in COVID Times - Workplace Coach Blog

How to prepare for a job interview in COVID times, from virtual interviewing to masks to new procedures

Landing a job in COVID times; handling virtual or masked interviews, What works, what to watch out for.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Former Manager Says "Fire Them All"; Separating Fact from Fiction - Workplace Coach Blog

Toxic workplace; former manager slings mud; decide for yourself

Fire them all? When you inherit a troubled team, do you get rid of everyone and start over? Or is there more to the story?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Can Our Manager Take Away a Promised Perk? - Workplace Coach Blog

Can a manager take away a promised perk? Should a manager do it? As an employee, what can you do?

Your employee handbook promises a perk. Can your manager take it away because she expects you to make customers fill out surveys?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Operations Manager Rules By Intimidation - Workplace Coach Blog

operation manager rules by intimidation--what are your options--leave or prove it

Intimidation & retaliation: your choices as an employee.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

COVID Career Reset - Workplace Coach Blog

COVID changed you; change your career

Your COVID career reset -- when you know you just don't want to return to your former employer

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Can I Recover From My Supervisory Mistakes? - Workplace Coach Blog

How to recover if you make the classic new supervisor mistakes

Can you recover from 2 classic supervisory mistakes?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Hate Office Politics? Have to Work Under Your Underqualified Former Coworker? - Workplace Coach Blog

Office politics, you can choose not to play, and if so, you may be out of the game

If you hate office politics and an underqualified team member gets a promotion, what are your options?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

The hidden reasons behind job burnout and solutions to help reduce worker stress - CBS News

And how stressed-out, depressed workers can try to get their groove back

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

When Your Boss Asks You to Lie - Workplace Coach Blog

Maintaining your ethics when your boss asks you to lie. How to tell the truth and keep your boss happy at the same time--in the short run.

When your boss asks you to lie & you don't want to lose your job: how to safely voice the truth until you can get out of the job

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

Employee Political Dispute Escalates to Danger Level - Workplace Coach Blog

Political discussion in the workplace; employee rights & employer duty

Psychology | Psychology

My Job Bores Me To Tears, But I Don't Dare Jump - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: For the last eight months, I’ve tried everything I can think of to make myself like my job. Nothing …

Business & Finance | Business

2 Things to Do Before Quitting Your Job and Starting a Company

Increase your chances of success by following these two rules.

Science & Technology | Social Media

LinkedIn Just Launched 'Featured,' and You Should Put It on Your Profile ASAP. Here's How.

LinkedIn quietly unveiled 'Featured,' which users should deploy right away on their profiles. It appears below users' 'About' and offers them a chance to more prominently show off articles, videos, web links and other media in which they've been featured

Business & Finance | Career Advice

Need to Find More Money? Consider These 5 Side Gigs

The author of 'Find More Money' shares the best ways to make money on the side.

Business & Finance | Business

Employees: 4 Signs You Should Never Ignore That Say Your Job Is at Risk | Inc.

These red flags may prepare you ahead for the worse.

Business & Finance | Career Advice

23 Of The Best #SignsYoureGettingFired Tweets That Are Equal Parts Hilarious And Brutal

It's a real laugh-to-keep-from-crying situation, folks.

Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices

Ikigai, the Japanese path to live longer, happier

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

These 15 Behaviors Will Make You Almost Irreplaceable At Your Workplace

It doesn’t take a genius manager to recognize the almost irreplaceable people in his company. Employees who practice all or most of these behaviors are the ones that any company wants and can't afford to lose.

Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support

Using Cellphone For Work At Home Can Damage Marriage, Both Spouses' Careers - Study Finds

Business should apparently never be mixed with pleasure -- if it involves your cellphone. A recent study finds that using a mobile device at home for work purposes not only causes strain on a marriage, but it can also be damaging to both spouses' work li

Advice & Self-Help | Advice From Bobby

How to make a career change in six months or less

“It’s never too late to try something new.”

Advice & Self-Help | advice and self help

7 tips from President Trump on how to achieve career success | Fox Business

Trump speaks to an aspiring group of millennials on their steps to professional success.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

Is It Safe To Give Two Weeks Notice When I Quit?

Years ago we wouldn't think twice about giving two weeks notice when we were ready to leave a job. It was expected. Nowadays it's not always a good idea to give two weeks notice -- here's why!

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Never, Ever Give A Recruiter Your Salary Details -- Do This Instead

What should Miah say when recruiters ask her for her salary details? Here's a script she can follow!

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

Ten Things Recruiters Look For In Your LinkedIn Profile

What are recruiters looking for when they visit my LinkedIn profile? Here are ten important things!

Psychology | Parenting and Kids

A Child Care Gap in the Résumé: Whether to Explain or Not

Though many women follow “don’t ask, don’t tell” when job-seeking after a child care gap, a study says it may be better to explain why they stayed home.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help!

What Happens When People Reveal Their Mental Illness to Their Boss?

This is the second part in a series about revealing mental illness at the workplace. The first part, "

Health & Fitness | Health

Science Says You Should Be Eating These Top Foods to Get Ahead at Work

Add these superfoods to your next grocery list right now.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

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Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

9 Common Characteristics of People Destined for Greatness

Are successful people born or created?

We all carry the capacity to ...

Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

A Strong Personal Brand Will Enhance Your Life, No Matter What You Do for a Living

The sooner you take control of how you define yourself, the sooner you can get on with achieving the most important goals in your life.

Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

How to Answer the Salary Question During a Job Interview

Your starting salary sets the bar for your future earnings, from overtime to raises and promotions, so it's important to get it right.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

18 Unprofessional habits that could cost you your job - Business Insider

Your bad workplace habits will undoubtedly annoy your boss. Worse yet, they could get you fired.

Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices

​How Your Core Values Shape Your Life

When you are living life according to your core values, you feel more fulfilled and at peace. Your core values are the guiding principles that shape y...