Work and Career - How To Get A Raise

May 16, 2013

Interview with Cy Wakeman, author of the book The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier

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Mike Carruthers:
If you work for a bad boss who’s holding you back in your career…

Cy Wakeman:
We know statistically 50% of your career you’ll have a bad boss and the sooner you realize you can succeed anyway the better off your careers going to be. 
 

May 14, 2013

Interview with Cy Wakeman, author of the book The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier

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Mike Carruthers:
Stress and discontent at work; if you’re feeling that ask yourself who’s to blame?

Cy Wakeman:
And I think that we’ve all gotten pretty used to being victims. And we tend to blame our circumstances and most people are both relieved and shocked to find out that we’re not at the mercy of our circumstances.
 

May 6, 2013

Interview with Don Gabor, author of the book How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends: Revised And Updated

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Mike Carruthers:
Smalltalk it has a reputation of being a big waste of time.

Don Gabor:
But the exact opposite if really true because you never know who you’re going to meet on an airplane or walking down the street and I’ve met many interesting people and people who’ve become clients simply from just starting a conversation.
 

April 15, 2013

Interview with Emily Bennington, author of the book Who Says It's a Man's World: The Girls' Guide to Corporate Domination

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Mike Carruthers:
Have you ever stopped to think about how other people at your work think about you? It turns out to be pretty important.

Emily Bennington:
When you ask employers what is missing in the employees that aren’t achieving their full potential, one of the things that they’ll tell you that those employees, in particular, are missing the self-awareness.
 

April 4, 2013

Interview with Jake Breeden, author of the book Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Work Habits that Masquerade as Virtues

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Mike Carruthers:
In our quest for success in the workplace we embrace certain ideas that maybe need a 2nd look. An example is creativity.

Jake Breeden:
Creativity is a virtue in some cases. But in other cases creativity is just an excuse for narcissism.
 

March 4, 2013

Interview with Ashley Merryman, co-author of the book Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing

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Mike Carruthers:
Men are more competitive than women - that’s a common belief but it’s not exactly true.

Ashley Merryman:
What we’ve found in the research is that it’s not that men and women compete differently once they’re in the competition – a woman will fight just as hard for a job as a guy.
 

January 21, 2013

Interview with Ray Fisman, author of the book The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office

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Mike Carruthers:
You’ve probably worked in a job or been part of an organization that you thought was not run very well.

Ray Fisman:
Most people look at their lives and organizations and see nothing but dysfunction and they think about how much better things could be.
 

December 19, 2012

Interview with Erika Andersen, author of the book Leading So People Will Follow

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Mike Carruthers:
If you’re really good at your job the path is to get promoted into management and that’s where so many people fail.

Erika Andersen:
I can’t tell you how many good people who were good at their jobs I’ve seen yet blown out of organizations when they’re thrown into management leadership roles and don’t do well.
 

October 26, 2012

Interview with David Minter, co- author of the book Lightning in a Bottle

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Mike Carruthers:
To generate new ideas, organizations like to brainstorm - that is get a group of people together to throw out any and all ideas...

David Minter:
Terrible - it's an absolute recipe for disaster.
 

October 24, 2012

Interview with Mark C. Thompson, author of the book Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want to be successful and admired by others is it more important to be competent or charismatic? Well research has asked that question and it turns out…

Mark C. Thompson:
Competence and your ability to do the work ended up being more important than how naturally communicative or extroverted that you are – it’ll always trump personality and charisma is your competence.