The Essential Guide to Getting Promoted

We usually think of money as something very practical, concrete, and secular; we earn it, save it, spend it, and crunch the numbers behind it. But money is never just about money: it reflects our values, our priorities — and even our spiritual life.My guest today, Tom Levinson, k ...  Show more

For decades, fitness culture has tended to break people into two categories: you’re either a strength guy or an endurance guy. You lift heavy or run far — but not both.But my guest today says you don't have to choose; you can excel at both modalities and be ready for anything.Ale ...  Show more

Keeping your head down and doing a good job at work is no longer enough to get noticed and promoted. This is a roadblock that prevents many emerging leaders from climbing up and rising to the level of success they desire.  You put in a tonne of work improving your technical skill ...  Show more

Most of us think of mentoring a colleague as a one-way street—a gift of professional guidance and advice. But Sylvia Ann Hewlett says sponsorship needs to be a reciprocal relationship. Hewlett is an economist, consultant, and the author the book The Sponsor Effect: How to Be a Be ...  Show more

No matter how hard you work and how good you are at executing tasks, there are always less tangible reasons people get tapped for more senior roles. Executive presence matters, as does finding the right sponsors. Host Muriel Wilkins speaks with a rising leader who understands the ...  Show more

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/360.94-Managing-Up-2.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on English management skills and how to manage up. Many of us silently yearn for an easy relationship with our boss, one in which he can un ...  Show more