I want to feature you.

ANNOUNCEMENT: In my email newsletter, I announced a new featured section which I am really excited to also share with my LinkedIn subscribers.

In continuing with the corporate jargon theme, this new section is called NETWORKING. One subscriber is chosen every week to share a part of their career story and social media links in order to grow their network. This is your chance to STAND OUT and create a community of like-minded supporters around you. I love hearing career stories and I know others do too. It gives us something to relate to, reflect on or be inspired by.

This section will only be available in the email version so if you are interested in being featured, submit your info at this link or shoot me a DM.

Check out a sneak peak email version of my newsletter by clicking the image below or by navigating to this link: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/d4Os5L008?languageTag=en

Now let's dive in to this week's newsletter:

HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW

BLINC update from Bianca.?Follow along my entrepreneurial journey!

Here at BLINC, I have taken on new business consulting clients with inbound marketing and sales automation projects. I love revenue growth projects and am super excited to dive in and share our process building wins with you all over the coming weeks.

I have also been focused on SEO and web traffic behavior for biancalager.com. Lots of in-the-weeds technical work mixed with a good amount of design and creativity. I've made some adjustments to the MyPathUP waitlist page, started a new LinkedIn Group, gave the Digital Success Tracker landing page a glow up, and improved my value proposition copy on my homepage. Next, I'm starting a new 15-day workshop with my guru Amy Porterfield (always be learning!). Next, I will be turning my attention on my Bookings page. Based on traffic data, this is the last page folks visit on my site before they exit. It needs a glow up to improve conversions and I have some great ideas....

Do you have your own website? What are you biggest challenges? Tell me in the comments! ????

LET'S CIRCLE BACK

Quick links to the low-hanging fruit business news of the week.

1. Do Gen Z workers lack soft skills? Managers are worried about their younger hires lacking soft skills, according to a recent Harris Poll survey. About 82% of managers said Gen Z requires more training around interpersonal skills including speaking with senior leadership and receiving feedback. Gen Z largely agrees, with 78% reporting workplace norms can’t be taught, apart from watching older colleagues in action... Read more
2. Choosing work-life balance over pay. Among U.S. employees, 51% said they would choose to take a 20% pay cut if it allowed them to “achieve a lifestyle that prioritized my quality of life.” Millennials were the generation most likely to agree with that statement; 60% said they would be willing to take a pay cut for more time outside of work. Just one third of U.S. baby boomers agreed with that statement, making them the generation least likely to say they would prefer a pay cut. But work-life balance is still important to them — baby boomers are simultaneously the most likely to say it isn't worth it to take a job that increases personal stress....Read more.

More news stories in BLINC email version.

I DON'T.... LOVE IT

Things that are frowned upon. SMDH.

?? Price hikes at the drive-thru.

?? Listeria outbreak that killed 2 from a California business.

?? Faulty door panel on Alaska Airlines flight had no bolts installed.

BEST PRACTICE OF THE WEEK

Tips on who to follow, podcasts to listen to, books to read, anything good.... I'm smiling and I'm nodding.

????♀? Email only section ????♀?

?1:1'S WITH BIANCA LAGER

Weekly submissions from the virtual cubicle trenches.

Answer to Last Week's Question: “As a middle manager, how can I manage up and down at the same time?" - Watch here.

Follow Bianca on LinkedIn or YouTube for the video answers on Monday.

New Question of the Week:

“How do I navigate a very defensive executive at my company who is not my boss but is someone I interact with a lot. She makes everything more complicated and difficult for me and my team. What do I do?"

?????? Have a sticky situation at work and need help? Submit your anonymous question here.

DEEP DIVE VISUAL

BLINC weekly infographic with tips on career management and team building.

Managing Up and Down Successfully - Check out my weekly Tuesday infographic here on LinkedIn.

And that's a wrap on the 16th edition of Fundamentals At Work brought to you by BLINC, a weekly newsletter with success tips on career management and team building alongside quick recaps of the week's most interesting business news and career stories from fellow subscribers.

Until then, enjoy your success. You earned it ??

TTYL,

B

P.S. If you found this enjoyable, send this to someone you want to see WIN in their career ??

HELPFUL LINKS:

Subscribe to BLINC Weekly Newsletter: www.biancalager.com

LinkedIn Group - Career Success for Underdogs: https://www.dhirubhai.net/groups/14372019/

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Submit 1:1 Question of the Week: https://forms.wix.com/f/7161095171667395334

BLINC Weekly Newsletter sneak peak: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/d4Os5L008?languageTag=en

MyPathUP Waitlist: https://www.biancalager.com/mypathup-waitlist

Digital Success Tracker: https://www.biancalager.com/successtracker

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