Millennial Minded

Your co-worker of seven years is retiring. There's a nice get together in the office and a few people are asked to say things about her before she leaves for the day. Suddenly, you feel a lump in your throat and the urge to cry. Should you leave the room? Is vulnerability a bad thing at work?

We sit down with our CEO for 15 minutes each week, every week to get practical business advice so we can advance in our careers. In this episode, we learn what to do when you feel like you might cry in the office...

Key Takeaways:

• When we ignore our feelings, anxious emotions can overtake the workplace
• You can cry at work if it's authentic and not dramatic
• If you have to, get up and leave, go for a walk and allow yourself to process your emotions
• Check in with an upset co-worker, find them a room with a door and give them a chance to collect themselves in private
• If your office lacks privacy and people are witnessing you breaking down, be sure to circle back with the team after you've collected yourself and assure them you're ok

It's inevitable that one day you'll screw up at work. Truly, it's unavoidable. Especially in today's fast paced work environment. But what you can control is how you handle the fallout.

We sit down with our CEO for 15 minutes each week, every week to get practical business advice so we can advance in our careers. In this episode, we learn what to do if you screw up at work...

Key Takeaways:

• Say you're sorry
• Focus on fixing the issue
• Understand what happened - where was the falldown?
• Consider how you can avoid this happening again
• Realize no one's perfect - everyone screws up
• The value of the screw up is what you learn from it
• Take the necessary time to reflect on what happened
• Don't let the screw up sit in your gut - say it out loud

Let's say you show up to your first day of a new job and notice your company uses an antiquated version of messenger. You're a Slack master and think that anything else is a waste of time. But before you barge into your boss' office to demand a change, something stops you.

We sit down with our CEO for 15 minutes each week, every week to get practical business advice so we can advance in our careers. In this episode, we learn what to do if you see a better way…

Key Takeaways:

• Don't show up to a new job and expect to change everything immediately
• Do it their way first, so you understand their process, then act to improve it
• Your definition of efficient may be different from someone else's - understand the context
• If you didn't create the process yourself, you're not aware of all the dependencies
• If you overstep your role, be sure to apologize
• If you're trying to influence someone higher up than you, start asking questions
• If you start with why - it helps everything

Making more money would be great, right? Of course. But asking for a raise isn't easy. If you're not prepared it can be an awkward interaction with your boss. How do you spring it on them? Will your boss try to lowball you? Your boss might just say, no.

We sit down with our CEO for 15 minutes each week, every week to get practical business advice so we can advance in our careers. Join us to find out what to do if you want a raise...

Key Takeaways:

• A promotion doesn't always come with a raise
• Don't ask for a raise because your cost of living is too high
• If you're paid less because of your gender or race, that is not ok
• There's a range of salaries within one title
• Cola stands for "cost of living adjustment"
• Do research about what the average salary is for your category
• Give tangible examples of your value
• A raise probably won't happen on the spot - it's a process

You've been working diligently and reviews are coming up. You're interested in a promotion but are unsure how to approach the topic with your boss. When should you ask? What are your talking points? What materials should you prepare for the meeting? What do you do if your boss says no?

We sit down with our CEO for 15 minutes each week, every week to get practical business advice so we can advance in our careers. Join us to find out what to do if you want a promotion...

Key Takeaways:

• Don't spring a promotion on your boss. It should be an ongoing conversation.
• Understand how your company approaches promotions
• Make sure you schedule 1 on 1's with your manager
• Know the job description of the position you want to get
• Understand that sometimes there are factors that are out of your control
• Don't compare yourself with other employees