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How do I start a presentation?
Peter Yawitz
  • Sep 29, 2017
  • 1 min

How do I start a presentation?

Most people haven't a clue about how to start a business presentation.  Be smart about keeping audiences in their seats from the outset
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Do I have to respond from a toilet stall?
Peter Yawitz
  • Sep 6, 2017
  • 1 min

Do I have to respond from a toilet stall?

Do your boss or coworkers ever talk to you from the adjacent toilet stall?  Are you at a loss for words, or do you think it's rude to ch
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How do I deal with a chatty coworker?
Peter Yawitz
  • Aug 8, 2017
  • 1 min

How do I deal with a chatty coworker?

Ever have an annoying coworker sit at your desk and keep talking like The Thing That Wouldn't Leave?  Here's advice on how to get ri
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How to deal with conference calls
Peter Yawitz
  • Jul 25, 2017
  • 1 min

How to deal with conference calls

Prepare for conference calls so you don't end up with this disastrous case. Send an agenda beforehand and stick to it, make sure you kno
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How can boomers and millennials work together?
Peter Yawitz
  • Jun 22, 2017
  • 2 min

How can boomers and millennials work together?

Make sure that you explain the context of tasks so that younger members don’t think they're doing grunt work. Perhaps share the implicat
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Should I quit my toxic workplace?
Peter Yawitz
  • May 10, 2017
  • 2 min

Should I quit my toxic workplace?

If you’re in a large company, your manager might have his own culture of bilking, blaming and backstabbing.  But maybe you can find a role i
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How can I be more specific without being pushy?
Peter Yawitz
  • Apr 20, 2017
  • 2 min

How can I be more specific without being pushy?

Before you write an email or go into a meeting, figure out what your best-case actionable objective is. Do you want them to understand how t
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Do I have to go to lunch with my boss?
Peter Yawitz
  • Apr 5, 2017
  • 2 min

Do I have to go to lunch with my boss?

1. Think of three topics to talk about over lunch.  Maybe two could be about work and one about a hobby of yours that you’d like him to know
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How can I stop blaming others?
Peter Yawitz
  • Apr 1, 2017
  • 1 min

How can I stop blaming others?

Acknowledge mistakes. You’ll get more respect from people if you show how you can learn from what went wrong so it won’t happen again. Rewar
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What's the best way to write meeting minutes?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 30, 2017
  • 1 min

What's the best way to write meeting minutes?

During the meeting try to listen carefully to capture the high-level message related to each topic.  It’s more important to focus on the sta
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Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 17, 2017
  • 1 min

Should guys wear undershirts under button-downs?

Contrary to what you think an undershirt keeps you cooler in the summer. Most people don’t want to see though your shirt to see your body to
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Is "Hey John" too informal in an email?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 2, 2017
  • 1 min

Is "Hey John" too informal in an email?

Here's the hierarchy of salutations from most formal to least formal: Dear, Good Morning/Hello, Hi, Hey, Wassup??, Dude!!!!!
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