Another piece of advice from Penelope Trunk’s blog: Work is more fun when you have friends. True, a job is more fun when you have work friends: people to meet for lunch, people who add spice to meetings, and people who help you out when you’re overloaded. I would say, just don’t assume they’re friend-friends. […]
Workplace Politics
Newcomers need to hold back…
OK, I’ve tried to avoid writing anything that could be considered cute or whimsical. I’ve relegated animal tales to my dog’s blog, MidlifeDog.com So feel feel to skip this entry. I just couldn’t resist, My new cat, Ophelia, looks like a big fuzzy basketball. At nine years and 17 pounds, she’s the oldest of my […]
New job = new crowd + new customs
“At a recent potluck dinner,” Gloria said,”my friend Brian brought a six-pack of his special cider. We had more beverages than we needed. At the end of the evening, Brian went into the refrigerator and grabbed his untouched cider. He took it home. “Our hostess, Nancy, was furious. She wrote Brian a strong email, claiming […]
First Impressions
Marci Alboher writes in her blog about the book Sway — why we respond to irrational impulses. Interviewing the authors, she uncovered an important reality: first impressions count. One described a lawyer who worked hard to impress everyone as a hard worker: first in, last out, few breaks, no personal calls. As time went on, […]
The Promotion – The Movie
I don’t see many movies these days, but I had to go see The Promotion, billed as a satiric comedy about the contemporary workplace. I went with a friend who’s been out of the corporate world awhile, as well as her college-age son — a movie buff and will go see just about anything. Despite […]
Can blogging help or hurt your career?
In the Chronicle of Higher Education, a newspaper targeted to anyone even remotely connected to academia, Brandon Withrow ponders this question in an article “Not Your Father’s PhD.” You can read it here. I would agree with those who say you’ll be better equipped to work with today’s students if you understand modern techo-tools. One […]