Performance reviews can be tough. Myself, my friends and my colleagues often experience anxiety prior to going into quarterly or annual reviews. So when I came across a blog post titled “How to Sail Through Your Performance Review,” I just had to share some of the advice here:

1. Know what you’ve done well. Before you go into your review, make sure you know your strengths, accomplishments and be ready to articulate them. I have outlined all my goals and objectives for the next six months and keep a running tally of my accomplishments. Additionally, it’s a good idea to make a…

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I work in a high-energy team that is constantly seeking to cross action items off the collective to-do list. However, not everything runs efficiently. Let’s face it: no matter how effective your team is, there are certain activities that are just inefficient and drag down your highly-productive day –– I’m talking about meetings (wah waaah).

In a recent blog post, my colleague introduced some “novel” meeting ideas like keeping everyone standing and scheduling (not to mention sticking to) 30-minute meetings.

My team has a tendency to book one-hour meetings that somehow inevitably go into triple overtime. And I will confess right here…

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The Meltwater blog has a few major topics: professional tips, career reflections and a bit of Meltwater fun. The goal of the blog is to be a resource for anybody seeking to shape their career or looking for exciting opportunities. In that vein, some of our blog posts give readers practical work tips. I think some of the advice given on this blog is important to keep in mind on a daily basis and I wanted to highlight those posts here:

Closing the Loop
Nicole Amsler, Executive Director of Communications, writes:
“Three simple words: “close the loop.” It sounds so simple, so obvious, but…

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