The next time you are in a meeting, performance review, or job interview, try this "stalling" technique if you are asked a tough question: Take a sip or two of water or coffee. Then use those few seconds to formulate your answer. You will, of course, have prepared for the meeting, but the short pause will allow you to collect your thoughts and phrase them well.
(Source: Web Worker Daily)
This tip appears courtesy of Early To Rise, the Internet’s most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Career Insulation
Career Insulation
"One of the marks of an insecure employee is that he tries to build layers of busy-work insulation around his job. He tries to make it appear as though it would be a lot of trouble to replace him.
"The problem is, this keeps him from getting promoted. He locks in his job for a while, but that means he locks himself out of a promotion.
"Then a change in technology that makes his tasks easy to reassign to a low-paid worker leads to the termination of his career. In a high-tech world, this is the wave of the future. 'I can get it done cheaper in India' is the slogan of this brave new world.
"To survive these days, a worker should make himself easily replaceable. He should go out of his way to recruit and train a potential replacement - maybe two. He should let his superiors know this. That way, if a job higher up the chain of command opens up, the company can award the job to him. It's less hassle to promote him.
"It is not possible to hide for long behind a wall of make-work insulation. Technology will not allow it. It is best to plan for the future and spend your time preparing for the promotion rather than hiding behind unnecessary make-work. You can't climb up the ladder if you're locked to the lower rung."
(Source: Gary North's "Tip of the Week")
This article appears courtesy of Early To Rise, the Internet’s most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com.
"One of the marks of an insecure employee is that he tries to build layers of busy-work insulation around his job. He tries to make it appear as though it would be a lot of trouble to replace him.
"The problem is, this keeps him from getting promoted. He locks in his job for a while, but that means he locks himself out of a promotion.
"Then a change in technology that makes his tasks easy to reassign to a low-paid worker leads to the termination of his career. In a high-tech world, this is the wave of the future. 'I can get it done cheaper in India' is the slogan of this brave new world.
"To survive these days, a worker should make himself easily replaceable. He should go out of his way to recruit and train a potential replacement - maybe two. He should let his superiors know this. That way, if a job higher up the chain of command opens up, the company can award the job to him. It's less hassle to promote him.
"It is not possible to hide for long behind a wall of make-work insulation. Technology will not allow it. It is best to plan for the future and spend your time preparing for the promotion rather than hiding behind unnecessary make-work. You can't climb up the ladder if you're locked to the lower rung."
(Source: Gary North's "Tip of the Week")
This article appears courtesy of Early To Rise, the Internet’s most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com.
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