Relevant work on topics that impact current work force trends and dynamics.
For Better or Worse: How Being Impatient Affects Your Career – Stewart, #
“Patience is a virtue.” As most of us, you’ve likely heard this motto frequently throughout your life. Yet, while patience as a trait, is laudable, we are here to explore the various ways that this particular characteristic (and its polar opposite) can affect our career: […]
Advice for Identifying and Managing Various Types of Employees – Stewart, #
Objectivity is the token banner held high for business pursuits; and to an extent, rightly so. Objectivity in analyzing pros and cons is an indispensable attribute for any accomplished executive or manager. Working with people (and working with them well) is inherent toward keeping things running […]
How Soft Skills in Business Impact Employability – Stewart, #
The Skills You Need
While it’s most likely you have heard the term “soft skills” mentioned in today’s job market, it’s quite possible you haven’t explored exactly all it encompasses. According to the Collins English Dictionary, soft skills are the “desirable qualities for certain forms of employment that do not depend […]
The Importance of Diplomacy in the Workplace and How to Achieve It – Stewart, #
The art of diplomacy (or tact) can be the deciding factor between hurt feelings and a positive encounter, both in the workplace and beyond. Although we want to maintain honesty at all times, it’s also vital that we find the right manner in which to […]
Integrating Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace – Stewart, #
All human interactions within the business world are affected by Emotional Intelligence (EI), from customer service to troubleshooting and brainstorming, meeting presentations, and employee motivation.
When a staff is emotionally intelligent, they are further empowered to achieve maximum effectiveness through teamwork. On all levels, an emotionally intelligent […]
Proactive Ways to Deal With Challenging Colleagues – Stewart, #
An important part of life is learning to adapt to some of the more difficult tendencies and idiosyncrasies of others. While in our personal life, we have the freedom to surround ourselves with individuals with whom we find ourselves most compatible; it is the workplace where […]
Advice for Acing Behavioral Interviews – Stewart, #
Behavioral interviewing is a popular technique in wide use today, one that conceptually states that past performance is an accurate arbiter of future performance. Though it sounds simple enough, if you have never experienced a behavioral interview, it can present some challenges.
Being prepared for what […]
Experts Explore Core Challenges of the Military to Civilian Transition: Part II – Translation – Stewart, #
Welcome to part-two of our series, where we will be exploring three primary aspects that often present the most serious stumbling blocks to service members transferring into the civilian sector.
For this, we’ll be drawing upon the expertise of six professionals, some of whom are former […]