Author: Tim Herrera Source: NY Times A little more than three years ago, I had to put together this presentation at work. It was on a topic I wasn’t very familiar with, but I took it on anyway, figuring I could get up to speed and deliver something useful and productive. Friends, if you hadn’t guessed yet, I bombed it. I wasn’t prepared enough, I missed a few major points, and I didn’t give myself enough time to complete it. Not my greatest work. But I have such fond memorie

Author: Melissa Raffoni Source: Harvard Business Review You’re bright. You have good ideas, insights, and the ambition to take on more. But you aren’t getting the opportunities you want, and your manager has not been helpful. How do you get noticed by senior leadership without going over your boss’s head? To help me answer this question, I reached out to two of my most successful clients: Dave MacKeen, CEO of Eliassen Group, a strategic consulting and talent solutions provid

Author: Jack Nasher Source: Harvard Business Review It’s a common feeling: while you are busy doing a good job, others seem to be advancing much faster in their careers. What’s going on? The answer in many cases is your contributions are not being seen and recognized. One important reason this happens is that people are simply not great at assessing competence — a crucial trait for succeeding at work — and perceptions of competence are just as important for success as actual

Author: Karen Gilchrist Source: CNBC It’s a harsh reality that many of us have felt mistreated or undermined at work. A recent survey from job site TopResume suggests that as many as 71 percent of U.S. employees feel they’ve been bullied by a boss or direct supervisor at one time or another. For Arnold Donald, CEO of the world’s largest leisure travel company Carnival, it was no different. When he took his first job at agricultural biotech company Monsanto during his 20’s, D