Performance reviews are one of the best ways to give and receive feedback in a professional setting. Whether monthly or annually, your performance review is a 1:1 with your immediate manager to go over your progress since your last review, discuss your goals, and potentially provide areas of improvement. In this Article, we discussed eight tasks and tactics to prepare for your performance review.

Self advocacy is one of your best tools for professional development. You may be faced with the challenge of advocating for yourself in order to reach your goals or be presented with new opportunities. In this Article, we provide five best practices to hone your advocacy skills and present your best message.

Making decisions can be a difficult skill for any corporate professional, regardless of years in corporate life. Developing this skill can be especially challenging for new managers or those without experience developing their own decision making approach. In many cases, you will also combine your own approach with your employer’s best practices or needs of the business, which can meaningfully impact your process. Between the perception (or reality) of high stakes, the consideration of all aspects of the issue, and quick timing, there are many factors that contribute to a decision’s difficulty and the pressure to make the correct choice. In this Article, we discuss six tactics to help you make your best decisions.

Let’s be honest: everyone fails. Did you use incorrect data on a team presentation? Did you sell an idea that didnt work out? Were you passed over for a promotion? Guess what? Its OKAY to fail and here are four reasons why.