Tag: manager

Signs that you have a Great Boss

2015-11-17 / / 289 Comments

Establishing the right relationship with your boss from day one is highly essential for your career success. But working with a great boss doesn’t mean that your job will be a walk in the park. In fact, the best managers can be more demanding and won’t hesitate to push every employee to fulfill their potential. You’re likely to work for plenty of bad managers in your career. But if you’re lucky, you’ll also get to work for some good ones. Akhtaboot is here to highlight the major traits of great bosses.
They Have Clear Expectations
Employees need to fully understand the company’s vision.... Read More ...

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Office Ergonomics

2014-09-29 / / 548 Comments

Give your workspace a makeover to boost your productivity!

Office ergonomics is all about designing a comfortable, functional, and user-friendly workspace. It takes into consideration the interaction between office equipment and the people that use them. For maximum productivity and efficiency, make sure that you customize your work station so that it fits your specific needs and allows for a comfortable working environment.

Chair

Sitting down in a static posture can increase stress in the shoulders, arms, and legs, and in particular, can add large amounts of pressure to the back muscles and spinal discs. Avoid back pain by adjusting the height of your chair so that your feet rest comfortably on the floor and your knees are about level with your hips.... Read More ...

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Encouraging your Employees to take Ownership of their Jobs

2014-02-25 / / 0 Comments

Empowering Your Employees to Own Their Work

Job ownership is an attitude of excellence, achievement and expertise, and having empowered people is crucial to the success of any company. But if you want your employees to live up to their full potential, it’s not enough that they do what you tell them to. Ideally, you want the members of your team to see that the goals they are pursuing belong to them. You want them to be fully responsible and accountable for their work. This is what ownership is all about. Owning a task means that regardless of how trivial or mundane the task, the employee will go above and being their job description to accomplish it.... Read More ...

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The Top People Skills for Success in the Workplace

2013-11-19 / / 0 Comments

Many professionals assume that having extensive experience and advanced technical skills is the only thing that matters when it comes to career progression. Well, it turns out that while technical competency is crucial to your professional success, it’s highly essential that you also have great people skills or what is called “Likability”. People skills are described as your ability to monitor your thoughts and speech, empathize with others and build relationships of trust and respect in your daily interactions. While having a “likable” personality depends on the nature of your character, you can work on your people skills so you can enjoy better relationships at work.... Read More ...

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The Path to Becoming a CEO

2013-08-21 / / 0 Comments

Working your way up the corporate ladder

Any top professional would tell you that the key to becoming CEO is to have certain leadership characteristics that set you apart from the crowd. Typically those who have the vision, determination, integrity, and respect for everyone in the workplace end up landing the high profile jobs. But is there a certain plan to follow in order to become CEO? Since very few of us are born leaders, you need to make a conscious effort to facilitate the development of your own leadership skills. Here are a number of qualities you are going to need to become a competent CEO:

Knowing Where You are Going – The best leaders lead by example.... Read More ...

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