Below are some of our favorite Smarter Living articles about mastering your workplace in the new year.
From
friendships to salary negotiations, 2019 can be the year you conquer
work and your career. Taking hold of your future begins with standing
up for yourself, while also learning to navigate the complicated
world of office politics. The murky friendships and bureaucracy can
at times be maddening, but persevering does not only mean rising the
corporate ladder. It could also mean setting out on your own.
Below
are some of our favorite Smarter Living articles about mastering your
workplace
in the new year.
Talk
through your failures to overcome them
We’ve
all flopped on a big presentation.
Most
people prefer to process failure internally, quickly moving on for
fear of causing a scene or seeming unprofessional. But taking the
time to reflect on and communicate about unwanted outcomes can go a
long way in creating more congenial, trusting and productive
workplaces.
You
deserve more (money)
Not
negotiating your salary can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars
during your career, according to Linda Babcock, an economics
professor at Carnegie Mellon University and author of “Ask for It:
How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really
Want.”
It’s
OK that your workplace isn’t family
It’s
fine to have warm, supportive relationships
with your co-workers. But remember the context. That means that
you stay really clear about the fact that it’s O.K. to look out for
yourself and not fall victim to a mind-set in which you’re living
at work. It’s O.K. to say, “No, I’m not going to work 60 hours
this week.” And know that it’s not a personal betrayal if you
decide to move on.
And
sometimes those friendships can be awkward
An
analysis of 26 studies confirmed that, yes, work friendships are
great.
Yet
having and keeping friends at work can feel more complicated than
these studies let on. Say you’re leading a big project, and your
friend’s contribution is a total mess. Or maybe your friend is not
doing her share of the work, which means you are too often doing it
for her. What are you supposed to say? What are you supposed to do?
And how can you say or do that without damaging your friendship?
Don’t
be ashamed of crying at work
When
was the last time you had a good cry at work? Maybe you bombed a
project, or got some harsh feedback you didn’t see coming, but it
happens. We’re all human. What we need to realize is that it’s
really not a big deal: Just under half of employees have cried at
work at some point, according to a study from this year, which also
found that about 75 percent of chief financial officers thought
crying every so often is totally normal.
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