This is How to Demonstrate Your Value at Work. Tip #1: Embrace Your Haters You’ve underpromised, overdelivered, and volunteered to help your boss with every single project that’s come your way. You speak up in meetings, make an effort to know your colleagues, and you’ve never missed a single deadline. So why does it feel…
Ways to Save Yourself From Burning out. Tip#5: Do Some Job Crafting Another effective remedy is to take more control of your workday and be more purposeful in designing it to the extent you can, Davis-Laack says. Focus on the times when you have more energy and plan to do high-value work at those times,…
Ways to Save Yourself From Burning out. Tip#4: Guard Your Boundaries When people are on the road to burnout, most of the time they’re not taking care of themselves, says San Carlos, California, career coach Amy Sanchez, who works with professionals dealing with the issue. If you feel it coming on, it’s time to reinforce…
Ways to Save Yourself From Burning out. Tip#3: Find Something to Look Forward to Think about your career goals or how you make customers’ lives better—any part of your day that can give your work meaning. Finding the areas where you make a difference or that are helping you toward your goals can give you…
Ways to Save Yourself From Burning out. Tip#2: Disconnect Every Day The perils of our “always-on” culture are well-documented. Finding windows of time to disconnect every day and recover reduces stress and enhances engagement, says organizational psychologist Marc Prine, PhD, founder of MIP Consulting, LLC, a workplace consulting company based in Philadelphia.Finding recovery time may…
Ways to Save Yourself From Burning out. Tip#1: Find Your Stress “Sweet Spot” We need stress in our lives, says Davis-Laack. It motivates us and helps us avoid danger. At the same time, too much is counterproductive and damaging. Finding our stress “sweet spot”—the point where we feel like we have the resources to handle…
Four Easy Ways to Sound Smarter There are many labels pinned on us at work, but one of the best is to be called “knowledgeable.” If you sound knowledgeable, you’ll be taken seriously at meetings and elsewhere.But what exactly does it take to sound knowledgeable? 1. DO YOUR HOMEWORKThe starting point is knowing what you’re…
This is How You Can Still Have a Life When You Get More Responsibilities at Work. Tip#4: Mind Your Own Business In the past, you may have engaged in certain projects or helped with resolving particular issues that are no longer part of your key priorities or risks. In your new situation, you really need…
This is How You Can Still Have a Life When You Get More Responsibilities at Work. Tip#3: Reduce Commitments Once you’ve gotten clear on what to do with your time, you need to intentionally decide what not to do. It’s generally a good life choice to do this before you’re sitting in the office at…
This is How You Can Still Have a Life When You Get More Responsibilities at Work. Tip#2: Identify Key Risks Next, turn your attention toward key risks, i.e., where are the possibilities for bad things happening, and how can we avoid them? This could include everything from making sure client emails are answered in a…