Career Skills
Career skills help you do a great job, communicate well, and get promoted, but these same skills will also help you thrive in your life outside of work.
That's why we created this collection of expert guides and coaching programs to help you learn how to identify and improve on the different types of career skills. Let's start hacking your work and life!
How to be a quick thinker: 7 ways to think faster
Want to be the charismatic, quick-witted person everyone admires? Tired of regretting missed opportunities to shine? Uncover the secrets to unlocking your mind's potential and becoming a rapid thinker, even if you weren't born a genius!
Marlee
The core components of conscious discipline
We've all had classroom experiences we'd rather forget.
Michael Metcalf
5 easy habits to develop personal accountability
What is personal accountability?
Ted Bauer
How to think on your feet: 10 tips for a more confident you
How good are you at thinking on your feet?
Michael Metcalf
How to improve situational awareness (Hint: Be like Jason Bourne)
When you find yourself in a crowded place, are you relaxed or alert?
Michael Metcalf
How to be tactful: Nine science-backed approaches
What is tactful behavior, and what’s the process of how to be tactful?
Ted Bauer
Self-control is a top achiever's best-kept secret to a successful life.
Self-control is often seen as a trait that you either have or you don’t. You either have the power to control your impulses, or you’re impatient and undisciplined.
Michael Metcalf
How to build self-discipline—even if your willpower is weak
Self-discipline is a requirement for achieving any long-term goal.
Amy Rigby
SMART goals: A step-by-step guide (with examples)
How successful would you say you are? Do you regularly achieve what you set out to do?
Michael Metcalf
Intrinsic motivation: How to maximize your inner drive
Would you eat a pair of socks for a million dollars?
Michael Metcalf
Take on diffusion of responsibility (develop personal power)
Do you feel responsible for others and are quick to intervene? Or, is it difficult for you to insert yourself into situations, especially when other people are around?
Kat Boogaard
Observation skills: How to improve them (starring a clown, a gorilla and some scientists)
Normally we begin these guides with a series of statistics related to the topic, but when discussing observation skills, statistics don’t even do it justice. Instead, something common from the mouths of parents and caregivers might work: “You were given two ears and one mouth for a reason.” The implication is that you should listen roughly twice as much as you speak, although we know from general life observation that’s not true of most people.
Ted Bauer
How to be organized at work: A 7-step process to calm the chaos
Learning how to be organized at work can skyrocket your productivity and performance. When you’re disorganized, your desk and mind are cluttered, causing you to miss deadlines, waste time trying to find things and feel frazzled almost constantly.
Amy Rigby
How to stop procrastinating (but not feel like a failure when it happens)
The best time to read this article is right now. Not later, or tomorrow. Don't open it in a browser tab and switch over to social media. Don't bookmark it and hope you'll remember to come back and read it.
Michael Metcalf