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Lunch Can Be A Rewarding Experience

Every company needs an awards program but to many times these programs are for your high-end producers of quality work or the person with the most sales. What about your secretaries, procurement people, and the mailroom people?

Why You Need A Career Mentor?

Having a mentor allows access to information that may not otherwise be available to you. Mentors show you the ropes, they lend you a hand, and they provide insight into a world that continues to change as you navigate through it. Mentors provide quality information because more than likely they have made the same mistakes you are questioning, so you benefit from the

Making Your Boss Smile

What kind of relationship do you have with your boss? Does your boss want you to be successful? Does the boss see you in the positive or negative? People that please their boss are the ones that get promotions, raises, and other rewards. Every Boss has an A-Team. Are you on the A-Team? What exactly is it that supervisors/bosses want? Below are a several suggestions that have been through the trial and error test.

Check Your Employees Temperature

If you do not have enough resources or there are many constraints you could witness an engine blow, basically a mental breakdown with your staff or yourself.

Lying on your Resume

Think twice about smashing your reputation into little pieces. Companies do check your résumé for accuracy. Technology today it's very simple to check out someone's background with a few clicks on the internet. Its tough being out of work, but the embarrassment of a situations you cannot handle will be nerve racking when word gets out that you lack the skills to do what your résumé says you can do.

Safely Transition into Your New Opportunity

Hooray! Your new opportunity with, more money, new people, new location, and better benefits yes baby. Signing on to a new job can be stressful and exciting both at the same time. The word gets out to your current co-workers that you are leaving and the questions pile up. Your going to have to CYA (cover your ass) to successfully transition out of your current job without usage of friendly fire or enemy fire.

Driving Past Fear To Explorer Your Passion

If fear is the reason why you cannot pursue your dreams, put fear in the spotlight by writing down your fears. Before you can stop fear, there will be potholes, detours, and traffic jams to avoid. The question becomes how can you workaround life's obstacles?

Are you the New Manager or Supervisor

Understand your co-workers that you considered your friends may not handle your new role as well as you would have liked? Will upper management except your management style that has yet to be developed? Have you ever made the comment "if I were in charge things would be different"?

About MakingUsmile

MakingUsmile is a blog dedicated to inspiring people to create positive change in their lives and to give something whether it is to inspire, motivate, or provide tech tips. On my daily grind I am many things, a tech guy, manager, mentor, and a coach. This blog is my effort to share my knowledge on a wider scale.

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