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6 People to Add on LinkedIn Before You Leave a Job

Here's the short answer. Before your last day, add six specific groups on LinkedIn: your direct manager, three to five stakeholders you worked clos...

How to Tell Your Direct Reports You're Leaving

Here's the short answer: after you tell your manager, book a same-day round of private 15-minute 1:1s with each direct report, then a 30-minute tea...

How to Tell Your Direct Reports You're Leaving

Here's the short answer: after you tell your manager, book a same-day round of private 15-minute 1:1s with each direct report, then a 30-minute tea...

Warm Handoff Email: How to Introduce Your Replacement

Here's the short answer. A warm handoff email introduces your replacement to a client before your last day, so the client never has to guess who to...

Warm Handoff Email: How to Introduce Your Replacement

Here's the short answer. A warm handoff email introduces your replacement to a client before your last day, so the client never has to guess who to...

How to Handle Being Excluded From Meetings After You Give Notice

Here's the short answer: being dropped from meetings after you give notice is usually a signal, not a punishment. Your team is reshaping around you...

How to Handle Being Excluded From Meetings After You Give Notice

Here's the short answer: being dropped from meetings after you give notice is usually a signal, not a punishment. Your team is reshaping around you...

How to Handle Being Excluded From Meetings After You Give Notice

Here's the short answer: being dropped from meetings after you give notice is usually a signal, not a punishment. Your team is reshaping around you...

How to Respond to a Counter Offer After You Resign

Here's the short answer. When your employer offers you a counter after you resign, do not decide in the room. Take 24 hours. Write down the real re...

Last Day at Work Felt Anticlimactic: A Quieter Guide

Here's the short answer: your last day at work felt anticlimactic because the shape of the day couldn't hold the size of the change. A cake, a grou...

How to Say Goodbye to Coworkers You Didn't Like at Work

Here's the short answer. When you have to say goodbye to a coworker you didn't get along with, send a short private message before the group farewe...

How to Say Goodbye on Slack Before You Leave: 5 Templates for Your Last Day

Here's the short answer. A good goodbye Slack message names your last day, thanks the team in one specific line, drops your personal contact, and s...

The Week Between Jobs: A Day-by-Day Guide for the Gap

Here's the short answer. The week between jobs is a rare pocket of time with no old inbox and no new one yet. Use it to close the last job properly...