Browse by Tags

• Attitude & Motivation
• Business
• Communication
• Daily Life
• Emotional Intelligence
• Entry Level
• Ethics
• Management
• News and Politics
• Ownership & Initiative
• People Skills
• Personal Marketing
• Productivity
• Professionalism
• Technology
• Troubleshooting
• Work

• The Replacement Politics of Leaving a Job

  A WCW reader writes: “Dear Alexandra, I’ve read your advice about the right way to leave your job, and I think it’s good. Only trouble is, the people I work with aren’t exactly helping me out. I gave them six weeks notice so that I could find and train Read More... Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Office Politics, Professionalism, Troubleshooting

• If You’re Leaving, Should You Still Get Your Bonus?

  A reader e-mailed the following question: I recently gave my company a month’s notice as I planned to move to a new city and pursue a new career. A few weeks later, the company gave out the second installment of our bi-annual bonuses, and I did not receive Read More... Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Office Politics, People Skills, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Work

• "Think Twice" Before Making a Wrong Move

  In their 2008 Investor’s Guide, Fortune Magazine offered ten tips to help us prevent the heat of the moment from melting our better judgment. The tips form an acronym – Think Twice – and are worth keeping in mind no matter what you’re thinking about or Read More... Posted Sunday, December 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Ethics, Business, Management, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity

• Holiday Etiquette at the Office

  Every year, I get asked by one media outlet or another how to handle the office holiday party. This year, I decided to share the advice I and others provided to the Wall Street Journal last weekend: “We spend so much time communicating on Blackberries Read More... Posted Sunday, December 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Business, Office Politics, Professionalism, News and Politics, Work

• How to Say No and Still Look Good

  The following is an e-mail that came my way this week. Dear Alexandra: I graduated from college last year, so I’m still at the bottom of the totem pole at my company. I have four senior colleagues who delegate work to me, and they have no problem doing Read More... Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication, Office Politics, Professionalism, Troubleshooting, Work

• Tale of the Two-Faced Interviewee

  I still remember the day six months ago when a good friend of mine called me up to tell me about this new junior-level employee she wanted to hire. I had never heard my friend, the director of the tourism division at a global advertising agency, sound Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Business, Office Politics, Professionalism, Work

• Who Knows What You Do?

  It’s one of the great questions we ponder. In order to be successful in the business world, your supervisors and colleagues must view you as a consistent contributor. But assuming your boss isn’t someone who recognizes your achievements every day, how Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Management, Office Politics

• Fireproofing Those Bridges

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the drama surrounding Star Jones Reynolds’ departure from ABC’s daytime talk show, The View . Reynolds’ contract was not renewed for next season and she and the producers decided on a Read More... Posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Office Politics, Daily Life

• E-mail: Your Best Friend or Worst Enemy

  I adore e-mail and couldn't live without it, but at least once a week I hear a terrible story about a generally good person and employee who turned the weapon of Microsoft Outlook on himself - and fired. Just the other day, an HR manager told me about Read More... Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Office Politics, People Skills, Professionalism, Technology Attachment(s): http://www.data-recovery-info.com/panic.jpg