At some point in your life, I’m sure that someone told you that it’s important to promote yourself. You need to tell people about all the great things you’ve accomplished! You need to emphasize the positives and hide the negatives! That’s the way to be successful, right? Well, not necessarily. In recent years, aggressive self-promotion(…)
What type of qualities do leaders need to have in order to be great? I think it’s generally believed that great leaders must be outgoing, powerful, persuasive, and charismatic. Humility isn’t usually considered to be an important quality in a leader. But new research suggests that it might be the most important quality of all.(…)
Would you like your managers and coworkers to view you with more respect? According to author Geoffery James, it’s easily done. It just involves two simple steps: Stop promoting yourself – Don’t spend a lot of time talking about your great qualities and impressive accomplishments. This type of behavior doesn’t tend to impress others and(…)
It’s so great to get a compliment at work. But it can sometimes be hard to know how to react or respond. After all, we all want to come across as modest and humble. So when we receive a compliment, it can sometimes feel really awkward, and we may end up making one or more(…)