According to a recent Career Builder survey, two-thirds of employees say they’ve accepted a job and then realized it’s a bad fit, and 50% of them ended up quitting within six months
By Rebecca Zucker
According to a recent Career Builder survey, two-thirds of employees say they’ve accepted a job and then realized it’s a bad fit, and 50% of them ended up quitting within six months. For those in this situation who stick around, not only is the lack of alignment around culture likely to make them miserable, chances are that it will also impede their success in the organization, which will not only exacerbate the aforementioned misery, but may even eventually result in their dismissal.
The idea of culture “fit” is fraught with bias. Many companies now try to ensure that the hiring process effectively screens for people who would enhance the organization’s culture. But you are also interviewing them. As a job candidate, you’ll want to understand if you bring new ideas to the team, how open to something different will they be? Likewise, if you’ve already accepted the job, and have asked some cursory culture questions during the interview process to give you initial comfort, you now have a chance to dive deeper to understand potential landmines to avoid and what approaches that will allow you to achieve some quick wins and be successful. …
”The ability to receive negative feedback without getting defensive and learning from it is an essential skill that can help one grow in their career.”
By Heidi Lynne Kurter
Many employees struggle when it comes to receiving negative feedback. The emotional discomfort of it makes them feel inadequate and discouraged. They view it as a personal attack which causes them to either go on the defensive or mentally check out. As a result, they disengage from the culture and hold a grudge against the company.
Receiving negative feedback can hurt especially when you have to continue working in the same environment or watch someone else get the position you wanted. Richa Bansal, founder and CEO of Pinkcareers, shared, “the ability to receive negative feedback without getting defensive and learning from it is an essential skill that can help one grow in their career.” …
Surveys can be misleading. By using data, you can better validate your startup idea and move forward with confidence.
By Neal Taparia
Most of the time, entrepreneurs choose to launch startups based on the perceived strength of their product or idea. They might ask their peers for input or talk to their target demographic to assess their idea.
Although these might sound like reasonable ways to judge a new startup concept, they can produce misleading results. Wanting to avoid conflict, peers might be hesitant to pick apart an idea or be fully transparent. And potential customers may have little idea what they want until they start using a real, live product or service. …
If you are launching or continuing a job search in January, it is more important than ever to have a plan to stand out among the crowded field of candidates. Here are three tips to help you focus your attention this month on the best ways to attract and convert new job opportunities.
By Kourtney Whitehead
January is usually one of the best months to launch a job search because many companies begin a fresh and more aggressive wave of hiring in January to match the business plans they set for the new year.
In addition, unlike a fall job search that is sandwiched between job market slowdowns over the summer and holiday season, starting your job search in January gives you several months to make progress in networking and interviewing without losing momentum.
However, while those are the trends you can expect in a typical January job market, this past year has been anything but normal. The global pandemic and economic fallout have shaken up what are typically reliable hiring trends, making it even harder to determine what to expect from a January job search this year. …
Most Zoom presentations are bland. Boring. Beige. Here’s why and what you can do to make yours engaging and memorable.
By William Arruda
Let’s face it, virtual presentations are just not the same as those that happen when everyone is collocated in a room. Take it from me. I used to spend virtually every day on the road speaking to rooms filled with groups of amazing people. Now, I’m speaking to the camera on a 13” Apple MacBook. And those on the other side of the screen are experiencing something that’s completely different from the excitement and energy of a real, live event. They’re looking back at me, but their virtual experience is fraught with woes that we never had to worry about when we met in person. …
Is it better to know the true depths of ableism, and contend with the disturbing implications? Or, is it more healthy personally for disabled people to live with the illusion that the kind of progress and acceptance we aspire to has already been achieved?
By Andrew Pulrang
The end of the Covid-19 pandemic seems a little bit closer now, and the final shape it will probably take is a little bit easier to see.
What’s going to be much less clear for years to come is exactly what lessons we have learned, or should be learning from this whole experience. The most obvious lessons for all of us will have to do with science and epidemiology, and with how different countries and cultures develop sound and just emergency responses in a global crisis. …
The shift to remote work and the rise of automation means that 2021 should be more about boosting remote work creativity, and less about boosting productivity
By Darren Menabney
In a year unlike any other, the one acronym which best defines 2020 has got to be WFH. Work From Home — and remote or hybrid work more generally — is here to stay, and we are just beginning to feel its implications. One of those implications that we need to consider in 2021 is how knowledge workers can be more creative when working remotely.
More specifically, we need to change the conversation around remote work to be less about productivity and more about how remote work can boost creativity. Mindsets need to shift. …
Zen leader Roshi Joan Halifax’s lessons on becoming a better mindful leader by practicing patience, vulnerability, compassion and connection
By Rob Dube
Whether you know much about Zen Buddhism or not, anyone can find growth within its practices of patience, peace, and inner-exploration. These traits are useful for those in leadership positions. After all, our jobs as leaders are about connecting, teaching, inspiring, and showing true vulnerability.
With a rare gift of teaching ancient wisdom wrapped for the modern world, Roshi Joan Halifax, the founder of Upaya Zen Center and Institute, shares the lessons learned from her decades as a social activist and Buddhist scholar under the legendary Zen Master and author, Thich Nhat Hanh. He taught Roshi, “one could be a social activist and be contemplative,” she remembers. …
A startup cannot sustain value creation if its most basic and key metrics don’t add up. In this post, you will find nine essential metrics that every entrepreneur should know about and measure.
By Abdo Riani
Everyone starting a new business understands the basic concept of profits. If you are making more than you are spending, the difference is your profit and the bigger the difference, the more money you make. The most important question is, how do you run a profitable business?
First and foremost, a profitable business sells a product that people need, use and pay for. …
For all the stress this year, the craziness of 2020 forced many people to develop an entirely new set of skills that could propel their careers to new heights in 2021 and beyond. The key is simply to identify and leverage all the amazing skills you’ve learned.
By Mark Murphy
We all know that 2020 has been a mentally draining year. In the study, The State Of Working From Home, my firm, Leadership IQ, discovered that 33% of people experienced fairly significant declines in their mental health working from home. And that decline doesn’t account for all the other stress related to the pandemic generally, layoffs, business uncertainty, and more.
Yet, for all the stress this year, the craziness forced many people to develop an entirely new set of skills that could propel their careers to new heights in 2021 and beyond. …
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