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9 tips for successfully dealing with conflict at work

Jon Baker, shares his top 9 tips for dealing with conflict in your team and workplace. Here are nine ideas to help you successful deal with conflict at work: Disagreement is not the same as conflict. Disagreement can lead to discussion and learning. It’s easy to sense disagreement and feel oneself getting ready for battle….

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9 easy non-verbal signals which mean all is not going well

In my blog series on how to navigate your firm’s politics successfully (part 1, part 2, part 3), I talked about the need to learn to read non-verbal body language. Very often it is a person’s body language, which will give the greatest clues to their state of mind. I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership and co-author of How…

8 questions to ask yourself before you contribute to the firm’s grapevine
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8 questions to ask yourself before you contribute to the firm’s grapevine

Don’t be a gossip! Here are 8 questions to ask yourself BEFORE you share some information: Why am I sharing this? Does it create or solve a problem? Do people really need to know this? If I choose to not tell anyone, will the firm be any worse off? Am I name-dropping? Have I labeled…

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What are political mistakes? And, can they really wreck my career?

In this blog post we will look at what we mean by political mistakes. Firstly, let us remind ourselves about what  I mean by being politically savvy: (this definition is taken from my book ‘how to make partner and still have a life’) ] I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership and co-author of…

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