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3 Ways to Prepare for a Better Performance Review

Let's Grow Leaders

My phone rang and Laura, my boss, told me she needed my accomplishments a week earlier than expected. Here’s what I learned from Laura about showcasing your accomplishments. Often it’s the best performers who are too busy to “toot their own horn” and document their accomplishments well.

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Performance Review: How to respond to frustrating or lazy performance feedback

Let's Grow Leaders

This year, I feel particularly proud about _ (insert that accomplishment you expected them to bring up). I’m curious about your perspective on that _(project, strategy, accomplishment). “Just write up your accomplishments and I’ll sign it.” ” It’s a great idea to submit your accomplishments.

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6 Biggest Time Wasters at Work and How to Fight Them

Career Advancement

Online cloud storage allows you to organize and sort important documents, so they can be found in moments. You can grant multiple people access to your cloud documents, if necessary, so that several people can view the most current version of a document in real time.

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Career Necessity: Key Accomplishments List (Free Template Provided)

Eat Your Career

Download my free Key Accomplishments List template here >> One of my favorite career development tools (and one I recommend on an almost daily basis) is the Key Accomplishments List. Or you can create a Word document and simply add to it each time you do this exercise. How to Use Your Key Accomplishments List.

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The Power of Documentation in the Workplace

Eat Your Career

As a passionate writer, a naturally forgetful person, and a self-confessed control freak, I have always believed in the power of documentation, especially in the workplace. Documentation is a vital tool for enhancing productivity, accountability, transparency, and (most importantly) peace of mind.

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Should I Quit This Workplace Conflict? How to Know When It’s Time to Leave

Let's Grow Leaders

Alternatively, you could also document the issues and call HR. Is there an alternative path to accomplish my goal? Is conflict a pervasive organizational problem, or is it limited to one or two people? Quitting is one approach if your boss is a psychopath. We’ve both survived some toxic bosses and co-workers over the years.

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Why You Need a Work Journal

Eat Your Career

I’m a big fan of documentation, especially in the workplace. Documentation certainly helps with this! No one wants to end up in such a situation, but should it happen, your work journal provides documentation to support you. Too often, we know we’ve been busy, but we can’t actually articulate what we accomplished.