By Lea McLeod5 Career-Boosting New Year's Resolutions You'll Actually Want to Keep
Lea McLeod
Lea McLeod is an experienced manager, career consultant, and job search coach. Formerly a director-level manager at HP, Lea helps you learn skills to build confidence and competence at work and to deal with tough situations that can be super frustrating. In her articles for The Muse, Lea empowers readers to confidently identify and tackle just about every dilemma at work, from challenging colleagues and bad bosses to interviews to career changes and professional development. Her writing has also appeared in Forbes, Business Insider, and other outlets. Find her on Twitter and LinkedIn or visit her website. She authored The Resume Coloring Book, a simple and color-coded guide to writing a solid resume.
Articles by Lea McLeod
By Lea McLeod5 Career-Boosting New Year's Resolutions You'll Actually Want to Keep
By Lea McLeod3 Ways You're Letting Work Ruin Your Holidays (and How to Stop)
By Lea McLeod3 Times You Should Speak First at Work (and 3 Times You Shouldn't)
By Lea McLeod5 Strategies That'll Help Convince Your Team That a "New and Different" Way Isn't Scary
By Lea McLeodHow to Give an Interview Presentation That'll Convince the Entire Room You're the One
By Lea McLeodHow to Let Go of Your (Irrational) Workplace Paranoia Once and For All
By Lea McLeod5 Steps That'll Take You From Thinking About Changing Careers to Actually Doing It
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By Lea McLeodThe Hard Conversation You Need to Prep for if Your Job’s on the Line
By Lea McLeod4 Reasons You're Not Getting Ahead at Work That Have Nothing to Do With Your Skills
By Lea McLeod5 Mistakes You Make When You Don't Know What You Want to Do Next
By Lea McLeod4 Times You're Allowed to Ask for a Raise Before Your Annual Review (Without Getting Laughed At)
By Lea McLeod4 Ways to Cut Down on the Back-and-Forth Emails in Your Inbox
By Lea McLeodHow to Get Your Colleagues to Communicate More Clearly With You
By Lea McLeod5 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Future Recommendations Now
By Lea McLeodWant to Blow Away a Hiring Manager? Come Armed With These 6 Company Facts
By Lea McLeod4 Better Ways to Handle a Condescending Co-Worker Than Stooping to His Level
By Lea McLeod6 Questions That'll Make You Second Guess Your Career Change Plans (in a Good Way!)
By Lea McLeod6 Time Management Strategies That'll Help You Break Out of Your 9-to-5 Rut
By Lea McLeod8 Steps to Bouncing Back After Getting Fired
By Lea McLeod4 More Helpful Things to Say to a Stressed-Out Person Than “Calm Down!”
By Lea McLeodThe 6 Unwritten Company Rules You Won't Find in the Employee Handbook
By Lea McLeodHere Are the Best Ways to Respond to Everyone Who Tries to Talk You Into (or Out of) a Job
By Lea McLeod5 Rules for Reaching Out to a Reference You Haven't Talked to in Forever
By Lea McLeodThis Is How You Give Honest Feedback to Anyone, Anytime—Without Hurting Feelings
By Lea McLeod8 Ways to Hit the Ground Running at Your New Job (Even if You Have No Idea What You're Doing)
By Lea McLeodHow to Go Big at Work Without Burning Out Fast
By Lea McLeod5 Times Having a Big Ego Will Get You Ahead in Your Career
By Lea McLeod7 Mistakes That Slow Down Any Job Search (And How to Fix Them)
By Lea McLeodYour Guide to When to Follow Up—and When to Sit Tight and Be Patient
By Lea McLeod5 Things to Do When You Absolutely Hate Your New Job
By Lea McLeod5 Ways to Tell Your Company to Shove It After You Quit—and Why You'll Regret Them Immediately
By Lea McLeod3 Ways to Create Meaning at a Job You Hate
By Lea McLeod6 Strategies That'll Help You Work With Someone You Really (Really!) Dislike
By Lea McLeodHow to Set Ambitious Career Goals You Can Realistically Accomplish
By Lea McLeodIt's Not You, It's Me: How to Break Up With Professional Contacts Without Making Them Cry
By Lea McLeodThe Secret to Success Isn't Doing More—It's Doing Less
By Lea McLeodHow to Stop Fire Drills From Screwing Up Your Entire Day
By Lea McLeodHow to Take Your LinkedIn Relationship to the Next Level—a Coffee Date!
By Lea McLeod3 Reasons Why You Should Take Your Work Outside (Plus, How to Realistically Do It)
By Lea McLeodHow to Have the Career Commitment Talk With Your Boss
By Lea McLeodScience Is the Best: 5 Proven Exercises to Make You Genuinely Happier
By Lea McLeod5 Career-Killing Attitudes We've All Had—and How to Stop Them
By Lea McLeod10 Ways to Get Your Boss to Trust You Completely
By Lea McLeod3 Times You Should Be Selfish at Work
By Lea McLeodYour 4-Step Plan to Getting Promoted This Year
By Lea McLeodWant to Get That Project Done? Pray for Rain
By Lea McLeod3 Career-Changing Behaviors You're Going to Hate (But Should Do Anyway)