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What to Expect at Your New Job

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Getting comfortable in a new position is no easy feat for anyone. You may not know the people you are now working with, you will not be familiar with the reporting channels and who does what. Even the most trivial daily duties could pose a challenge to your intellect. The byproducts of all these obstacles [...]

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Keeping Up with Expectations at Work

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Some people are specially good at selling themselves during  job interviews and -are also capable of- maintaining the expectations set during it, once they get hired. But there’s a group out there that once they are hands on with the job, they miserably fail to keep up with the expectations they generated during the interview process. Do [...]

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The Risk of Using Money as a Motivational Tool

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Managers, educators, parents and politicians are always looking for ways to motivate people.  That’s why when companies want employees to do something unpleasant or difficult they offer bonuses and other financial incentives. The most common practice to motivate people, also the easiest way to do it, is putting money in people’s pockets. It’s the most [...]

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How to find motivation when it’s gone on vacations

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Ever felt at work that you are stuck in first or second gear or you are on those days when your motivation is idling. Well, it’s normal. No one can sustain 290 (give or take) days a year at full throttle. If you can you are either alien, on crack cocaine or you are my [...]

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At work don’t give orders. Empower!

I learnt something today. Yesterday I had a meeting with the director of my program in which we agreed to make some minor changes in my unit. Today I broke the news to my team and they weren’t welcome very cheerfully, especially by veteran staff. Why? Obviously (now that I have time to think), people doesn’t [...]

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