For 20+ years, Jennifer V. Miller has been helping professionals “master the people equation” to maximize their personal influence. A former HR generalist and training manager, she now advises executives on how to create positive, productive workplace environments. She is the founder and Managing Partner of SkillSource and blogs at The People Equation. You can connect with Jennifer on Twitter @JenniferVMiller.
Jennifer Miller has written 10 awesome articles for us at Women of HR
These days, the Peanuts character Lucy is a bully and they’re not going to allow it anymore. At least, that’s the deal according to the administrators at my kids’ school system, who ditched the time-honored tradition of watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in the elementary schools during their Halloween parties because “Lucy is a bully.”
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When I mentor young people seeking their first professional job, I counsel them to carefully consider the people they select as references.
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While both genders are equally predisposed to experience the emotion of anger, women were able to move to problem-solving more quickly than their male counterparts.
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Great opportunities are only “great” if you can effectively seize upon them. Some days, the cards just aren’t in your favor and other priorities prevail.
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If a colleague is pushing you around, don’t be afraid to draw your own line in the sand.
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Early on in my career, I may not have seen my placement next to an octogenarian as having all that much benefit. Fortunately, I’ve grown; I now quietly accept the wisdom of those who’ve gone before me. In the business world, this is called mentoring. And you can find mentors in unlikely places.
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Bring your best self to work, including (especially!) your womanhood. If where you are right now requires you to fundamentally change the essence of who you are, it’s time to start planning an exit strategy.
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