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How to become a manager
Let’s assume that you work hard for years but no one really appreciates it. And let’s just assume that you’re responsible of a category that no one else can fill. Well, maybe it’s time to become a manager. In order to do so, there are a few things that you will have to do first: Become […]
Social networking pitfalls –3 rules of precaution
This article is a sequel a previous article I have wrote: http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2009/11/using-social-networking-for-your-office-survival/ One of the buzz word today is networking, as you can find different type of social networking sites such as linkedin (www.linkedin.com), twitter (www.twitter.com) , facebook (www.facebook.com) or any other social networking that answer your needs. It’s a known fact (almost) that everyone […]
Office Politics-Wars Guide to the new Employee
Searching a new office to work at , is a hard job. You always know from where you are coming, but you never know where you are going to be just like a blind date. As a new comer-the new employee in the office playground, you aren’t aware of the different office-politics that exists and […]
Office Politics –Getting Back on Errant Friend
This article is about vengeance. Two different backgrounds for this article are: You and your best buddy are friends over 15 years now. You two came a long way:you shared some hard time, fights, fun, trips, and women. You name it. At one point in life we all made some changes. One of them can be relocation to […]
Going on a “blind date” with customers
I have read a nice article that define meeting with customers as a blind date, the translation is tend to be as much close to the original. All credit are to Yaniv Zaid (linkedin page: http://il.linkedin.com/in/yanivzaid), owner and CEO of “The art of persuasion”. Original article can be found at themarker: http://cafe.themarker.com/view.php?t=1382261 . First meeting […]
How to use office politics to become a real manager
Office Politics requires unique of out of the box thinking. Survive in the office politics, requires from the employee special behavior. The office survivor makes strategy for the long run, using tactics in short term, You work at the office a few years, familiar with your surroundings, knowing the pitfalls and how to attack certain things-this […]
I need the compensation – tactic 3
Once again you came to the conclusion you need the compensation money, as you might have guts to pull acts as described earlier you don’t want to have a bad name. Well there is another tactic you can use , but it’s all depends on you ‚most chances after doing this little act – you’ll probably […]
Office politics and the promotion techniques
As an office survivor you have to act now in order to survive tomorrow This strong sentence implement the need to use tactics in the office in order to survive, as after all only the strong survive and the weak find themselves looking for another place. This article deals with a situation you want to […]
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