Career Tools

Part 1 of our guidance on the concept of Minimum Viable Skill Level and how to apply it to your career.

Part 2 of our guidance on joining a professional association.

Part 1 of our guidance on joining a professional association.

Our guidance on how to ask questions after you have an offer.

Lots of folks ask us how to ask for a promotion. But it's often not the right question to ask.

Part 2 of our guidance on saying no to a delegation.

Part 1 of our guidance on saying no to a delegation.

Time management, priority management, calendar management: it's a challenge in the modern digital workspace. But there are a couple of simple ways to do it a lot better than everyone else - which will make you look like you've mastered it.

Part 2 of our guidance for High C's when working as a part of a team.

Part 1 of our guidance for High C's when working as a part of a team.

Part 2 of our guidance for High S's when working as a part of a team.

Part 1 of our guidance for High S's when working as a part of a team.

Part 2 of our guidance for High I's when working as a part of a team.

Part 1 of our guidance for High I's when working as a part of a team.

Part 2 of our guidance for High D's when working as a part of a team.

Part 1 of our guidance for High D's when working as a part of a team.

Part 2 of our guidance on the actions to take between accepting an offer and starting a new job.

Part 1 of our guidance on the actions to take between accepting an offer and starting a new job.

Part 2 of our guidance on the art of self-development.

Part 1 of our guidance on the art of self-development.

Part 2 of our guidance on what to do when we don't understand in relationships.

Part 1 of our guidance on what to do when we don't understand in relationships.

Part 2 of our guidance on communicating technical topics to non-technical audiences.

Part 1 of our guidance on communicating technical topics to non-technical audiences.

Part 2 of our guidance on building resilience and applying it to your career.

Part 1 of our guidance on building resilience and applying it to your career.

Our guidance on AI and resumes.

Our guidance on asking for more resources to do your job.

Part 2 of our guidance on the use of instant messaging systems.

Part 1 of our guidance on the use of instant messaging systems.

Our Hall Of Fame guidance on work-family balance.

Our Hall Of Fame guidance giving examples of Manager Tools' ‘MT Goals': Goals that are Measurable and Time-Based.

Our guidance on orienting your career towards the customers of your company for career success.

Part 2 of our guidance on identifying power dynamics.

Part 1 of our guidance on identifying power dynamics.

Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to prepare for your review.

Part 2 of our guidance on career success if you're a people-person.

Part 1 of our guidance on career success if you're a people-person.

Our guidance on the responsibility for career development.

Our guidance on some of the questions you have about things your manager can and cannot do.

Part 2 of our guidance on other options, if you don't want to be a manager.

Part 1 of our guidance on other options, if you don't want to be a manager.

Our guidance on some of the questions you have about things you manager can and cannot do.

Part 2 of our guidance on what, exactly, work product is.

Part 1 of our guidance on what, exactly, work product is.

Our guidance on asking for help from your manager.

Part 3 of our guidance on what to do when your manager makes a bad decision.

Part 2 of our guidance on what to do when your manager makes a bad decision.

Our Guidance On What To Do When Your Manager Makes A Bad Decision.

Our guidance on going above and beyond.