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Weekly Hotlist: How to Work with People Who Aren't Good at Working with People

 

May 29, 2015 How to Work with People Who Aren't Good at Working with People By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic It's not the end of the world.

Entrepreneurship Traveling the World Made Me a Better Entrepreneur by Gillian Morris Sometimes being lost and alone is the best education. Communication The Persuasiveness of a Chart Depends on the Reader, Not Just the Chart by Scott Berinato The psychology of data visualization. Career planning How to Use Your LinkedIn Profile to Power a Career Transition by Jane Heifetz Let your future job find you. Business education What Is Management Research Actually Good For? by Gerald F. Davis And how big data is making that a harder question to answer. Gender Getting More Women into Senior Management by Rebecca Shambaugh Four things organizations need to do. Difficult conversations When Should You Fire a "Good Enough" Employee? by Jodi Glickman and Alicia Bassuk Three questions can help. Leadership If You Want People to Listen, Stop Talking by Peter Bregman Master persuaders know the power of silence. Motivation The Surprising Persuasiveness of a Sticky Note by Kevin Hogan Research shows a personal touch matters.

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The Daily Stat from Harvard Business Review

 

May 29, 2015 Another Reason for Declining Unemployment: Workers Are Leaving The unemployment rate has dropped swiftly in the city of Decatur, Illinois, declining from 10.2% in March 2014 to 7% in March of this year. But that’s partly because the workforce is shrinking, says the Wall Street Journal. Payrolls in Decatur actually fell over the past year, due to such factors as layoffs, attrition, and transfers. In many Midwestern cities, workers are moving away, retiring, or no longer looking for jobs. Workforces shrank in 16 of the 20 cities where unemployment fell by at least 2.7 percentage points in the past year, the Journal says. SOURCE: Case of the Vanishing Worker

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The Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review

 

May 29, 2015 The Right Time to Ask for a Raise Most people make their pitch for a raise at review time, when their bosses are often overwhelmed with the pressure of completing evaluations. Instead, time your request to coincide with changes in your own tasks. You should ask for a raise just before you take on new responsibilities or right after you successfully complete a project. If you’ve just created more value for your company, it’s a great time to say, “Can we share that value?” If you’ve collected evidence about your contributions and have a reasonable target figure in mind, you’re more likely to get what you want. Just make sure to look forward, not backward. You want to highlight your contributions, but then you should pivot to what you hope to tackle next. If your boss doesn’t seem receptive, suggest revisiting the issue in a few months and then get that on his calendar. Adapted from “How to Ask for a Raise,” by Carolyn O'Hara.

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