Take Risks to Advance Your Career
Risk taking is imperative for success in the high tech workplace. Risk taking involves making decisions and acting without adequate...
Look Like a Leader
What do khaki slacks and a red sweater have to do with looking like a leader? Answer: Everything! This outfit was what the vice...
5 Ways to Speak Up at Meetings
As you know too well, meetings are a fact of life in the high tech workplace. But you, as a foreign-born professional, may find these...
Is Silence Killing Your Career?
A Taiwan-born engineer working in Silicon Valley was asked by her manager, “Do you know why I hired you?” The engineer replied that it...
6 Tips for Career-Accelerating Feedback
Receiving feedback is an excellent vehicle for improving your job performance and accelerating your career. Many people can give you...
A Key Soft Skill: How to Give Feedback
The ability to give and receive feedback is a key soft skill that is essential for advancing your career. In the American workplace,...
How to Use 3 Style Flexing Options
As a foreign-born professional in high tech, you increasingly report to more than one manager. You often work in different...
How You Can Promote Yourself at Work
Self-promotion involves openly and confidently telling others about your strengths and accomplishments. In the highly individualistic...
Clear Writing by the Numbers
Clear writing is a key skill for anyone aiming to accelerate their career. However, many foreign-born technical professionals do not...
Getting in Sync with Your Boss
An engineer noticed his boss become restless and impatient during meetings. He realized this behavior usually came whenever he digressed...
