How to Speak Confidently (When Put on the Spot)
If you want to advance your career, you need to be comfortable speaking up and voicing your opinions. Speaking up not only makes a positive impression but also conveys your value and confidence. Successful professional knows that preparation is key to strong, succinct communication. Expressing yourself clearly is exponentially easier when you have time to […]
4 Ways to Compartmentalize Work (When Boundaries are Vague)
With the onset of the pandemic and widespread remote work, the lines between “work time” and “home time” have never been blurrier. They are perforated at best and non-existent at worst. This is why finding ways to compartmentalize work is so key. A lack of boundaries is really what makes compartmentalizing—or keeping work and home […]
How to Handle Difficult Conversations with Grace
At one point or another, we’ve all lost our cool at work. Perhaps you pulled an all-nighter to finish a project, only to feel distressed when it was criticized by a client. Or maybe a coworker failed to pull their weight and dumped their work on you at the last minute. These everyday workplace aggravations can make […]
5 Insights to Build More Confidence at Work
Would you like to know how to build more confidence at work? Sure, from the outside, it looks like you have it all. But on the inside, you feel anything but confident. As a Sensitive Striver, you’re a high-achiever but your successes don’t always come easily. At times you find yourself overthinking, people-pleasing, sweating the […]
Is This the Right Time for Me to Accept a Promotion?
Being put up for a promotion is often seen as the holy grail of career success. The validation of your hard work feels great, and the allure of more money, prestige, and respect can be appealing. But when the moment comes to decide whether or not you want to accept or ask for, a promotion, […]
How to Cope When Responsibilities Increase at Work
A new job, a new promotion, a new project… You dream about these goals and you hatch plans to make them a reality. But you may also feel a degree of inner resistance. Because you know that stepping into more responsibility at work will bring increased pressure. You worry about facing new challenges like: Office politics Dealing with […]
