If you don’t feel connected at work you are less likely to receive a promotion and more likely to leave the organization within one year. As a result, developing relationship skills – the ability to work with a variety of personalities, active listening, and openness to other’s ideas – can yield great results on the job. The same elements you use to develop relationships off the clock are the same that relationship management, networking, and social interaction skills you use to develop your career relationships.

Candid feedback and discussions have given way to political correctness by most to avoid offending and alienating others. Most remain quiet to be seen as a team player or to avoid criticizing the idea of someone held in high regard or someone who has presented an idea with great confidence. People don’t speak their minds because it’s easier not to.

Leanna Cruz – Editorial Director
Regardless of the kind of work you do, your workplace has changed radically during the past five years, and will continue to change during the next five years. It may seem that the best thing to do is sit back and wait until things settle before planning your next career move [...]

Given the positive impact that collaboration can have on an organization’s ability to get things done and to launch innovative products and services, there can be no argument against building effective collaborative networks and teams. Taken from a article in a recent issue of Positively Successful magazine, here are 7 things you can do to foster collaborative relationships in which all parties are willing participants ensuring successful outcomes.

Everyone can tell you about at least a couple of career mishaps on the way to the top. The faster you make them the faster your career advancement. Just don’t make the same mistake more than once.

A majority of the 6,300 top executives surveyed feel that a candidate with a better understanding of global markets is given serious consideration for appoints to higher level positions.