Workplace Skills
Asking for help at work without looking unprepared
Ask for help at work in a way that shows you did the groundwork: time-box your own search, write a specific question with context and say what you already tried.
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Workplace Skills
Everyday skills for working well with a manager and colleagues: giving and receiving feedback, writing clear messages, raising concerns and settling into a new role.
Workplace Skills
Giving and receiving feedback at work
Ask for specific input, listen without getting defensive, give feedback that others can use and show visible follow-through so feedback keeps flowing in both directions.
Workplace Skills
Raising a concern with your manager without escalating it
Raise a workplace concern early and privately, with specific facts, a good moment and a proposed next step, so it is treated as a work issue rather than a formal complaint.
Workplace Skills
The first months in a new job: what to focus on
A practical guide to the first months in a new role: learning what success looks like, building working relationships, avoiding early missteps and delivering one visible result.
Workplace Skills
Writing clear work emails that get answers
Work emails get replies when the subject line names the action, the request is specific and the structure makes the next step obvious. Here is how to write one.