Harvard Professional Development

MARCH 18, 2024

It is in managers’ and companies’ best interest to retain, develop, and promote employees who are engaged and interested in developing their career and their skills. It is important to plan how to negotiate your salary before you approach your manager, to ensure you are properly compensated for what you bring to the company.

Performance 52

Performance Development Accomplishment Management 52

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 7, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Welcome, San Francisco Chronicle Readers Posted to: Self-management December 7th, 2009 Del.icio.us Go to the gym The farmer reviews three business books 8 Tips for anger management Comments (22) Leave a Comment "3. " True, true.

IT 60

IT Management Management Career 60

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 29, 2009

I still remember what it is, and have acually accomplished it. " I don't know why, but this really worked for me – I have an organized closet, and I have a lot of other works in progress that I've been trying to accomplish for years. This will help me a lot as I attack a few goals I want to accomplish bit-by-bit.

IT 111

IT Accomplishment Career Management 111

Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

-Dave Posted by Dave on July 9, 2010 at 8:40 pm | permalink | Reply Perhaps it seems that he is choosing an interesting life over happiness with friends and family that he has grown up with… but without a sense of continued personal accomplishment he would ultimately be unhappy if he didn't move on. The one from Ada, Ohio.

Career 111

Career IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It’s that they can’t manage to be socially acceptable while they get the work done. That's not how to manage your career. BTW, I managed to get my son to graduate high school last year. It seems odd that the special ed teacher/case manager was not present at the meeting to help provide context to the discussion.

IT 111

IT Education Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

And, look, I’m accomplishing numbers one and three from my list right here. It's change – something I can always count on but not always regulate so I manage it to the best of my ability. After that the title is irrelevant—you go to a blog because of a good recommendation, not because of a good name.

Career 110

Career IT Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Ryan Paugh , our community manager, calls me to say that he thinks I need to start having someone look at what I post in the group before I post it. If I don't, and don't get those endorphins, then my whole schedule is off, and I get nothing accomplished, not to mention I am a miserable grouch! Day by day.

IT 89

IT Management Management Career 89

Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

You are all about authenticity and you manage to pull off a whole bunch of virtual things that most of the internet experts say people ought not to be doing. As I've moved up the management chain myself, more and more people come to me for influence. It took place on a farm, no? True story, no? People love counter-intuitive books.

Career 111

Career Networking Mentor IT 111

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to make business travel manageable Posted to: Productivity | Self-management November 11th, 2009 Del.icio.us I read time management, life management, but this puts the finger on the wound. Is this your first time here?

Management 111

Management Management Food IT 111

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Mindfulness makes you more productive Posted to: Productivity | Time management February 22nd, 2010 Del.icio.us Your humility in laying bare your not-getting-it and your procrastination and the disapproval of management–I love this.

IT 107

IT Career Management Management 107

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 8 Tips for anger management Posted to: Office Politics | Parenting | Self-management January 8th, 2010 Del.icio.us But I am working on anger management. Here are seven tips I've tried using: 1. Face the problem and make it a priority.

Management 111

Management Management IT Food 111

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

That being said, money management is also a relative thing. The times when all I can accomplish is one foot in front of the other, one moment at a time… Posted by Necie on March 9, 2010 at 1:55 pm | permalink | Reply Just because you told your readers to shut up. and in the end, she usually manages to actually do something.

IT 111

IT Career Hospitality Accomplishment 111

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to take intelligent risks Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Finding a career | Quitting | Self-management September 29th, 2010 Del.icio.us The best risk takers are in fields like entrepreneurship, hedge fund management, and excavation.

IT 111

IT Career Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Caring for each other has more to do about the people who we report to and manage than the goals of the organization. If your boss comes to work every day genuinely looking to help you grow, and you do the same for the people you manage, then that's a great workplace.

Insurance 111

Insurance Government Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Trend watch: HR, texting, needlepoint Posted to: Self-management May 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us Good managers will do their own recruiting by having their own great network. Penelope, your true and accomplished voice at this time is writing.

Recruitment 103

Recruitment Career IT Management 103

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I am completely unable to accomplish office politics and definite limit my time with other people for the reasons listed above. I am "hidden" far away from from management as possible (in a different building from the rest of my department.) I work for a large company who has been hit hard in the recent economic down turn.

Career 111

Career IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

He is not sure how he wants to manage it. By the way, loved your video conference on Managing Up. I certainly am a fan of working from home and believe that you have a set boundaries and expectations so that you are productive and focused on getting things accomplished to be successful. People don’t usually do it. Works for me.

IT 97

IT Career Management Management 97

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

Even if I manage to do that, I will not feel like I have accomplished something important today. And then, when it turns out that it really does mean sleep inducing I didn’t feel accomplished. Once you are drama free, you could actually focus on accomplishing more goals. Who puts a word like that in a picture caption?

Accomplishment 111

Accomplishment IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook A lot of people ask me how I manage to keep a job when I have Asperger syndrome. Winning is usually accomplished by placing the ball where your opponent isn't located: either you put the ball there yourself or you pass your team-mate so they can put the ball there. Makes my head hurt!

Food 111

Food IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

So even if he had managed to keep you, he would always know down deep inside that his parents chose control over support. I think you need to write a post about things you've done right, things you want, and how you are going to move on and accomplish them. Now he knows that they will control him for the rest of their lives.

IT 85

IT Career Motivation Management 85

Penelope Trunk

APRIL 12, 2010

I definitely struggle with moving too fast and trying too accomplish too much, always on the go. Each day I make a list of three things to accomplish (on the really stuck days that can include things like having a healthy lunch) and at the end of the day revisit. So many things to accomplish, so many ideas to work on.

IT 107

IT Accomplishment Management Management 107

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: Why I need a sick day to register my car Posted to: Diversity | Self-management December 1st, 2009 Del.icio.us I have ADD and I can manage without a keeper or government intervention. We have time management issues.

IT 111

IT Mining Food Government 111

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

You might be sick of hearing about my company here, but, you might also be happy to know that I’ve accomplished that goal, too. Its awesome what you managed and what you have mounted. And, once I did that, I gauged my success on how well I could leverage my blog to drive traffic to my company, Brazen Careerist. Regain my sanity.

IT 104

IT Career Motivation Career Goals 104

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

And if you think management in corporate life is an exception, you’re wrong. I seeked out an opportunity to prepare a presentation for senior management and I have worked closely with someone that is good at it. They need additional, neglected skills in management and leadership and business in order to advance in their careers.

Mentor 111

Mentor IT Career Motivation 111

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

For example, I think maybe I went overboard in my comment, in a discussion about whether I am managing my personal brand well. Posted by Marshall Wayne on December 29, 2009 at 4:34 am | permalink | Reply Five years ago, my wife announced she wanted to separate and I got canned from my job managing software testers, all within a few weeks.

IT 104

IT Career Networking Management 104

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Somehow I need to be reminded of this, and not enough people — especially people of admirable accomplishments and public profiles — openly discuss this stuff, and so I find solace in your blog. It's good to know I'm not the only one with complicated feelings about family workings. The one from Ada, Ohio.

IT 92

IT Career Food Management 92

Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Looking back I realize it was the one thing in my life that I could control, accomplish something, make progress, etc. A year or so ago I got totally addicted to playing games on my Nintendo DS (I am in my 50's so that itself seems strange – not being 50, but playing video games!). I think it saved me from a total downward spiral!

IT 110

IT Career Food Creativity 110

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Nor does having a "house manager" @Penelope You are many things but do you really, honestly believe you are frugal? Frugality forces you to manage time and resources wisely, and it's important to practice it for your career. Posted by jennifer on February 1, 2010 at 2:17 pm | permalink | Reply Agreed.

Career 111

Career IT Utilities Education 111

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

This is true of how to network , how to parent , how to manage people and also how to write about your life. How you manage personal relationships. This is true of how to network, how to parent, how to manage people and also how to write about your life." And this, in the end, is probably why we don’t kill ourselves.

IT 111

IT Networking Career Management 111

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Sorry to be a downer but creativity in the workplace is highly overated and tough to accomplish. " But how does one manage being both creative and mitigating risk to a reasonable level? Leave my job you say for a more creative one? I wish on that one too…$$ and pension keeps me stuck. It’s thrilling to do.

Creativity 74

Creativity IT Food Management 74

Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 18, 2009

Now I've gotten it down to 49, which feels much more manageable. Now, all miscarriages and rigmarole aside, and i know it's exciting to build a real business from an idea, and to accomplish your life mission and all, but what i'd really like to know, is what makes Penelope tick. Guess I'm really more Gen X at heart?

Communication 112

Communication Media IT Entertainment 112

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to manage a college education Posted to: College students January 21st, 2010 Del.icio.us Imagine my shock 4 months into my new job when the hiring manager told me that she didn't give a fig about my degree. Is this your first time here?

Education 111

Education Management Management Career 111

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

This gives us a visual for the lack of interest Gen X has in Baby Boomer style managment: McMansions for sale with no buyers. " So many of us wouldn't be so bitter if Boomers (managers) adopted these attitudes our our Gen Xers (managers) learned them (instead of emulating the Boomers). Leadership style is generational.

Leadership 110

Leadership IT Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Be black on twitter For the last year, I have been bombarding Brazen Careerist’s community manager, Ryan Paugh with my observations about the trending topics. Posted by Ari Herzog on September 28, 2010 at 2:28 pm | permalink | To manage my Twitter account, I use [link] (I found the link via @swissmiss, which is a favorite blog o'mine).

IT 110

IT Networking Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 7, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog You can be happier by reading this post Posted to: Learn to take advice | Self-management January 7th, 2010 Del.icio.us Middle managers in business report higher levels of stress than more senior managers despite having lower work loads.

IT 101

IT Career Food Management 101

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I was completely incapable of managing the college application process on my own. There is research from Yehuda Baruch , professor of management at University of East Anglia that swearing at work helps build teamwork. After all, I couldn't even manage to have a wedding for my wedding. And I will refrain from using fuck.

IT 111

IT Management Management Career 111

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

His book, Create Your Own Economy , is about how the information flow of the Internet allows us to manage our careers differently than before. Not because you are a start-up genius, or because you manage to live semi-normally despite horrific experiences and precarious relationships. Gen Y, sound familiar?).

IT 111

IT Career Management Management 111