Focus on listening during disagreements If you're having a disagreement or challenging conversation at work, take some time to actually listen to the other person, write Emma Seppala and Jennifer Stevenson. If you're constantly interrupting or visibly multitasking, you will likely make the situation worse. Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (2/9)Manage your career like a business Adopt the mindset that your career is like a business, Martin Yate writes. Strategically plan your goals, market your skills and research possible opportunities. SHRM Online (2/7)
Get with the flow. How payment processing affects cash flow. Cash flow is the lubricant of business. Without a healthy cash flow, business dries up. It stops. It can't function. Which is why it is vital to keep the revenues coming in as the expenses go out. But there's one aspect of cash flow that many of us are not aware of. It is how managing credit cards and other such non-cash payments affect cash flow. Turns out it has a huge affect. Download the free guide today.
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Making the Connection
You can't afford to overlook this job skill Among all the job skills that can help you progress in your career, networking is perhaps the most overlooked, writes Lars Schmidt. Your ability to build a solid professional network will play a large role in determining your future opportunities and your ability to improve other skills. Fast Company online (2/7)
The Landscape
Bills take aim at state-backed private retirement plans Two bills introduced in the House seek to block Labor Department rules aimed at smoothing the path for state and city governments that want to create private-sector retirement savings plans for workers whose employers don't provide retirement plans. The rules make it clear the plans wouldn't be required to comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Pensions & Investments (free access for SmartBrief readers) (2/8)
If you want your resume and cover letter to get results, you should double-check it for spelling and grammatical errors that can make you look sloppy, writes Aine Cain. Be creative when possible and customize your cover letter for each job opportunity. Business Insider (2/9)
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes.
