Last week, I wrote a post about exiting a conversation gracefully that generated some buzz. Beyond commenting on the strategies and tips to help you get out of those awkward moments, many of you rightfully pointed out that breaking into conversations was just as perplexing, especially at networking events, conferences and other forced-conversation forums. There [...]
Topics: Forward Momentum
Exiting a Conversation Gracefully
March 4, 2010 – 10:23 pm
Last week, my husband Eric was caught in the crosshairs of an overzealous museum curator eager to impart his knowledge about twentieth-century model trains. For what seemed like an eternity, Eric feigned interest as he searched for a way to end the conversation. Fortunately, there is a way to exit gracefully. We have all been in [...]
Top 20 Relationship Posts of 2009
December 28, 2009 – 2:58 pm
Keith Ferrazzi, relationship guru and NYT best-selling author of Never Eat Alone, posted a greatest-hits list last week- The Top 20 Relationship Posts of 2009. Great on the Job’s How to Get More from Your Mentor made the list- thanks Keith! For anyone looking for some great relationship building advice, be sure to check out the [...]
How to Sail through Your Tough Performance Review
December 14, 2009 – 11:34 am
December is performance review month. While the merits and validity of a year-end review are often the subject of great debate, the fact that many firms use them as a tool for compensation and promotion is not.
Your managers will spend much time (hopefully) preparing to deliver your review in a thoughtful and constructive manner. [...]
Flatter the Husbands Distract the Wives
August 5, 2009 – 9:28 am
There’s not a lot of attention being paid these days to the high-end luxury market-yachts, French villas, the Mercedes S Class-it all seems to be in poor taste on some level. It’s as if the whole country has hunkered down, clipping coupons, eating Ramen and adopting a “wait and see” mentality on everything from visiting [...]
GOTJ Book Deal (July Newsletter)
July 23, 2009 – 3:05 pm
Hi everyone, I hope you’re all having a great summer. Last month, I was excited to share the news that Great on the Job had launched its blog. This month, I’m even more exited (thrilled, quite frankly) to report that Great on the Job is making it to prime time—I’ve got myself a book deal! That’s [...]
Top Five Ways to Stay In Touch
July 23, 2009 – 8:29 am
Reaching out, touching base, grabbing coffee, schmoozing, stalking, tweeting, friending, or even an old-fashioned “let’s do lunch”- the list of networking possibilities is exhausting even to just contemplate. But staying in touch isn’t always in person and it definitely doesn’t have to be hard. Keith Ferrazzi, networker extraordinaire and author of Who’s Got Your Back? posted [...]
Mr. Wrong
June 17, 2009 – 6:42 pm
A beautiful and talented girlfriend of mine, let’s call her Anna, was dating a guy, let’s call him Mr. Right, whom she adored. It was one of those “smitten at first sight” type things where they totally connected when they first met and he swept her off her feet. She hadn’t felt this way about [...]