Avoid these career landmines to boost your prospects in 2017 | How to react when a colleague speaks to your boss | Shapr applies Tinder's approach to networking
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You'll undermine your career progress in 2017 if you avoid making changes you're afraid to implement or let others define who you are, writes Marguerite Ward. Try not to beat yourself up over mistakes and attempt to compartmentalize personal and work problems to preserve a healthy separation between the two worlds. CNBC (12/20) How to react when a colleague speaks to your boss It's natural to get frustrated when a colleague goes over your head to speak to your boss, but it's important to analyze the situation calmly. Try to learn more about what actually happened, and speak to your colleague in private, experts recommend. Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (12/22)
Get with the flow. How payment processing affects cash flow. Cash flow is the lubricant of business. Without a healthy cash flow, business dries up. It stops. It can't function. Which is why it is vital to keep the revenues coming in as the expenses go out. But there's one aspect of cash flow that many of us are not aware of. It is how managing credit cards and other such non-cash payments affect cash flow. Turns out it has a huge affect. Download the free guide today.
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Making the Connection
Shapr applies Tinder's approach to networking Shapr makes networking simpler by allowing professionals to swipe left or right to indicate whether they'd like to meet other professionals for networking purposes. "Shapr makes networking simple by introducing you to like-minded professionals that are nearby and are also interested in expanding their networks," said CEO and co-founder Ludovic Huraux. Forbes (12/22)
Six retailers, including Carter's, Pacific Sunwear of California and Walt Disney, are dropping on-call scheduling as criticism increases that the practice hurts hourly workers' ability to lead functional lives. The change should help about 50,000 workers. Reuters (12/20)
Your Next Challenge
Don't leave a job interview without doing this Don't end your job interview without asking the hiring manager for a summary of her time at the company, writes Cassidy Rush. You should also ask about the manager's vision for the company and whether there's anything you need to expand upon from your previous answers. PayScale.com (12/21)
Balancing Yourself
What professionals can learn from Einstein Albert Einstein's advice to pursue the activities you love and find things you can enjoy in the activities you don't is easily applied to the lives of today's professionals, writes Wanda Thibodeaux. Other useful advice from the legendary scientist includes developing a unique vision for yourself that guides your activities. Inc. online (free registration) (12/21)
A number of American Christmas standards rely on essentially the same chord progression, which may contribute to why they're so quintessentially seasonal, according to this video. The video looks at Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You," one of the rare modern Christmas standards, and its similarity to "White Christmas" and other songs. Vox (12/21),Vox/YouTube (12/21)
Decide ... whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
