Careers Tips => 10 Tips for Managing your Career

By Bettina Seidman

HEADNOTE

Get "interpersonally fit" by improving your work

 

HEADNOTE

Relationships and honing your communication skills.

In today's world, it is as important to be interpersonally fit as it is to be physically fit. You can work at being interpersonally fit by investing in your relationships with people and continually developing your presentation and communication skills. Whether you are working on a team, supervising employees, training and developing staff, interviewing applicants, networking, or trying to improve your relationship with your boss, it will always be important to express yourself clearly, understand others, exchange feedback, resolve conflict, and assert your needs. The following ten tips will help you do this:

1. Develop a self-awareness that takes you where you want to go.
2. Clarify and focus on your goals.
3. Become an employee your organization wants to retain and promote.
4. Think about the strategies and tactics that will help you be more successful in working with others.
5. When you have a complaint, offer a solution or a recommendation, too.
6. Practice good telephone manners.
7. Use performance evaluations as careers development opportunities.
8. If you are planning to look for another job or change careers, think about and assemble the tools you will need.
9. Hone your negotiating skills to get what you want.
10. Develop and nurture a professional network.

Develop a self-awareness 

It is important to have awareness of self in business how you are perceived by others, including managers, colleagues, and subordinates.

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