Are you dreading your company’s scheduled performance appraisal day? It can be very stressful to think about and prepare for performance appraisal because of its effects on one’s career progression. However, a good review can open new opportunities for career growth, instilling a sense of hope and motivation. A bad review can disable you from…
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Why Should You Ask for Regular Feedback and Not Wait for Your Annual Appraisal
If you want a good guide on improving your professional skills, you must get feedback from your colleagues or boss. However, people tend to fear feedback because they fear that it is filled with negative comments rather than supporting information one needs to improve. People genuinely fear appraisals, which are evaluations or judgments of a…
How to Manage Feedback in the Workplace
Feedback is the best way for a person to know if they are doing something correctly or if they need to improve. In business, feedback is critical to ultimately ensuring the team’s and the organisation’s growth. However, each company has different procedures for providing feedback, which can affect employee retention, productivity and innovation. If you…
Is a Negative Mindset Affecting Your Work Performance
Our mindset is a mighty force influencing our thinking and acting on the things before us. It is effortless to influence to make it think positive thoughts, and it does not take long for this idea to take root. With this said, it can also quickly influence our mindset to think negatively. When this happens,…
A Word of Advice: Upgrading My Skills
Hi Kally, As you know, the economy is not very good right now, there are very few jobs in the market and many new graduates hunting for any kind of available jobs. Recently, my company is going through a revamp and restructuring. I have been in this company for the past 15 years. I am…
10 Questions You Should Absolutely Ask an Interviewer
Congratulations! You finally got a job interview scheduled which puts you closer to the job of your dreams. However, what should you do if you have some questions about the job? Can you ask during your interview? It is actually ok to ask during your interview since it helps you get to know the company…
How to Know if You are Underpaid
You have been working on your job for a while now. Everything is going strongly, but you feel like the amount of work is no longer within your pay grade. You may even feel like you are being under-appreciated and the pay is not even increasing even if you have been in the job for…
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