There are countless stories about employees who have lost their job or job seekers who have lost an opportunity to get a job because of a comment they left on their Facebook profile. Facebook is a great social media for people interested in connecting with people, friends, and family. But if you have an expectation of privacy, you are deceiving yourself. Here is a comment from one of the readers over at Slacker Manager, Wrongly Fired or Just Desserts.Phil didn’t ask me what I thought, but I thought I would take this opportunity to help my readers.
I had been …read more

I’m good at analyzing patterns.
I’m not so good at negotiating.
So you can guess where the average boss would put the emphasis for my development: negotiation skills!
My daughter’s a superb writer.
She has time management issues.
For every time I nag her about not getting something done, I should notice the great work she does in her fiction and non-fiction 10 times.
Do you build on your strengths often enough, or are you constantly trying to shore up your weak spots?
David Zinger conducted a survey recently about how much time managers spend on their strengths. He reports that only three out of 10 …read more