Category: Jobs and professional relationships

  • The power of distraction: Another lesson intransigent toddlers can teach us about intransigent colleagues

    Last week’s post discussed an important work lesson we can learn from toddlers: the power of why. Briefly, we often learn a lot by asking “why” of those who oppose us. This week, I’ll discuss another critical work lesson from toddlers: the power of distraction. Briefly, we often have to deal with colleagues who don’t…

  • The power of why: What intransigent toddlers can teach us about intransigent colleagues

    Our organizational colleagues and toddlers often have one thing in common: they seem opposed to whatever we support. Whether they “won’t back that idea” or “won’t eat that macaroni,” their intransigence is one in the same. By learning to deal with stubborn toddlers, then, we can also learn to deal with stubborn colleagues. In a…

  • I need more money! Five topics to ponder before requesting a raise

    “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” –Ben Franklin   Despite that supposedly low inflation rate, everyone’s cost of living seems to constantly go up. With rising costs come the need for a rising income. Increasing your income, in turn, often requires you to request a raise. Asking the boss for more money…