communication

Four Things That Will Cause Your Coworkers to Question Whether You’re Actually Good at Your Job

Four Things That Will Cause Your Coworkers to Question Whether You’re Actually Good at Your Job

You work hard at your job. You want to be productive and effective. And in order to be productive and effective, it’s important for your manager and coworkers to have confidence in your work, and trust you to get it done right. But according to author John Brandon, there are four mistakes that you can(…)

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The Benefits of Having Both Optimists and Pessimists on Your Team

The Benefits of Having Both Optimists and Pessimists on Your Team

Optimists are positive, upbeat, and enthusiastic. Pessimists are realistic, cautious, and somewhat negative. Optimists are full of ideas. Pessimists tend to oppose new ideas because they focus on all of the bad things that could happen if those ideas were put into practice. Thus, this can sometimes lead to conflict at work. On a team(…)

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How to Be Charismatic on a Videoconference Call

How to Be Charismatic on a Videoconference Call

Videoconference calls can be kind of awkward. People often talk over each other. It’s difficult to see people’s expressions clearly. It can be challenging to interact and communicate. As a result, even though you might be very charming in person, that may not come across during a videoconference call. A videoconference call is very different(…)

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How to End Your Emails

How to End Your Emails

You probably send a lot of emails over the course of your workday. And you probably have a standard “closer” – the word or phrase that you include at the end of the email, right before your name. It might be something like “best” or “thanks” or “sincerely.” My standard closer is “thanks” or “thanks(…)

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