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Staying Motivated and Engaged at Work … When it’s Hard

Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

08/29/19 • 16 min

It's not always easy to stay motivated and engaged. When it gets real, how do you stay motivated and engaged?

Tips:

Get clear on your priorities
What's your why
Dig deep to the root cause of why you are feeling unmotivated or disengaged. What changed?
What are your long term goals?
What do you like about your job?
What is your team working towards?
Break your goals down to daily actions
Focus on the positive and commit to doing good work
Take breaks and time off
Ask for feedback
Change up / makeover your workspace
Do something fun with your colleagues
Have fun outside of work
Reward yourself for your hard work / celebrate your wins
Set a time to leave / stop working everyday and stick to it
Establish deadlines even for the small stuff
Say thank you frequently
Get and stay organized
No more procrastination
Try exercise or movement during the day
Push yourself outside your comfort zone
Brainstorm new ideas
Partner with other teams and / or colleagues to get things done quicker and have a more holistic approach

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Ageism in the Workplace

Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

08/15/19 • 10 min

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Starting A New Job, Now What?

Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

05/01/17 • 15 min

So you finally get that job that you’ve been wanting so bad, and it’s your first day at work, now what?

That is what we are going to be talking about today!

Today is episode #40 where we are going to be talking about what to do on your first day, your first week or even month of that new job.

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How to Handle the Whiners, Complainers and Slackers at Work

Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

08/22/19 • 15 min

Complainers / whiners

Don't fuel the fire
End conversations to get to it
Re-direct the conversation, get back on track
Is there a root cause you could solve for?
Come to Jesus conversation, is this the right role?
Ask the whiner what their solutions would be
Spin to a positive
Call them out
Sell them on the opportunity
Set expectations
See if they have voiced the concerns to their leader
Let them know you heard them
Can you find common ground with non work topics?
If its impacting you, be honest about it
Add positive, uplifting people to your day
Avoidance
Ask if they are looking for input / advice / guidance

Slackers:

Communicate
Set clear expectations
Set regular check ins / status updates
Offer to help with any roadblocks / questions
Share how their work impacts you / the team
Their lack of work is not your responsibility
You don't need to cover for them all the time
Be honest and blunt
Have a candid conversation with leadership
Focus and prioritize / stay the course
Don't let it get you down, stay positive and motivated
Use them as a don't lesson
This is not an opportunity to pick up bad habits
Don't become a complainer about your slacker
Limit your yes's to work that doesn't involve that person
Ask yourself, does this impact me? For real?
Is this person ok?
Their work does not become your work
Could be an opportunity to shine

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Dealing With Disrespect At Work

Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

01/09/17 • 10 min

Today we are talking about dealing with disrespect at work, this can be a really challenging thing to deal with.

As humans we tend to react to disrespect faster than our brains can catch up if that makes sense.

If someone is being mean and disrespectful to me, typically I react with emotion, which there is nothing wrong with emotion, don’t get me wrong.

But, I don’t always slow down and think about what the situation is and what’s happening.

This is really, really important at work.

Most of us see our colleagues on a daily basis and we really want to make sure we are building and maintaining those relationships.

Two things to keep in mind:

1) Be very approachable and consciously be thinking about this.

2) Be available so you can have the conversation and move on.

During the conversation do these 7 things:

1) Assume there was positive intent behind whatever happened, assume they are coming from a good place until you know otherwise.

2) Ask questions to understand the situation.

3) Truly assess the situation, put yourself in the other persons shoes.

4) Listen to understand, do not listen just to simply reply.

5) Focus on the facts, this is really important, especially at work. We all know the game of telephone!

6) Talk it out. I have never seen conflicts that have been truly resolved without a conversation.

7) Use ‘me' and ‘I' statements, avoid ‘you' statements.

During the conversation think about these 4 things:

1) Are you being disrespected or are you having a disagreement?

2) How is your day going?

3) Boundaries - what boundaries are going to be setting moving forward?

4) How well you know the person you are in conflict with?

When it comes to being disrespected at work, it is not okay and it is not acceptable.

Try to talk it out first and if it continues to happen you need to get someone else involved.

Come back next week when we are going to be talking about self awareness in episode #25!

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Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

12/11/23 • 9 min

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Finding A Job While Trying To Relocate - Relocation Tips And Ideas

Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

11/27/17 • 10 min

In this episode we will cover some tips on how to find a job while relocating

Interview Assignments / Presentations

Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

04/20/20 • 18 min

When would someone be asked to do an interview assignment?

Marketing role - create and present marketing plan
Sales role - present your pitch for X
Technical roles - code this thing, solve this tech issue
Assessment for personality / culture
Rid

Realistic expectations:

IC role - 30 mins - 2 hours
Leadership - 1-4 hours
Executive - 5-10 hours

Process:

Info given
Schedule presentation
Do the work
Send night before / morning of

Questions to ask:

Realistic time expectations
Format
Next steps after assignment
How long to hear feedback
What are they looking at
Who will be there
What is the IT set up of the room / conversation

Tips:

Understand objective
Solve for objective
Be clear and concise
Prepare to answer questions
Show you can do the work / process / understand the methodology
Don't put in full time effort for an interview
Research
Be conscious of who will be part of the conversation
Practice
Bring your presentation on USB, laptop and print it out
Read the instructions
Be you

Companies:

Pay people for their work
Hypothetical problems not real ones
Trial period
Contract to hire

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