Succeeding at Work

Work Relationships

Want to connect with your co-workers? Get along better with your boss? Manage conflict between teams? It isn’t always easy to manage your work relationships, but we can help.

Featured Articles

byMeira Gebel

Why You Need Sponsors (Not Just Mentors)—and How to Find Them

byMegan Gray

7 Improv Techniques That’ll Make Conversations at Work Less Awkward and More Productive

byKat Boogaard

100+ Get-to-Know-You Questions That Don’t Involve Desert Islands

Bosses

byJessica Carney

My Super Competitive Boss Wanted Us All in. I Ran.

byPaolina Milana

6 Steps for Dealing With a Boss Who Doesn’t Understand What You Do

byStav Ziv

The Simple Change You Can Make Today That Will Transform How Your Boss Sees You

Email Exchanges

byAja Frost

4 Examples of Emails to Send When Your Response Is Long Overdue

byKamara Toffolo

5 Example Apologies That’ll Make Saying “I’m Sorry” at Work So Much Easier

byDorianne St Fleur

This Email Template Makes It Easy to Ask Your Boss for Meaningful Feedback

Recently Published

byThe Muse Editors

Congratulations on Promotion Email: Samples and How to Write a Good One

byThe Muse Editors

Character Reference Letter: Example and Tips on How to Write Yours

byThe Muse Editors

Employment Verification Letter: Examples, Templates and Tips

SPONSORED

How This Insurance Professional Is Giving Back to the Hispanic Community

byDeanna deBara

5 Toxic Traits to Avoid at Work (And How to Deal with Them)

byDeanna deBara

Destructive vs. Constructive Criticism at Work: Examples and How to Handle

bySara McCord

7 Workplace Conflict Examples (Plus How to Handle Each One)

byBenish Shah

Is It Toxic? I Haven't Told My Coworkers That Layoffs Are Coming

byBenish Shah

Is It Toxic? My Friend Is Taking Credit for My Work

SPONSORED

Here’s How One Tech Company Has Put Employee Mental Health First

byErica Sweeney

How to Deal With Weight Bias and Discrimination at Work

byBenish Shah

Is It Toxic? My Boss Made Me Work Through a Mass Shooting

byBenish Shah

Is It Toxic? I’m Being Pressured to Party With Clients, But I Feel Unsafe.

byBenish Shah

Is It Toxic? I Want to Tell the World How Awful My Old Bosses Were. Should I?

byMeira Gebel

Why You Need Sponsors (Not Just Mentors)—and How to Find Them

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Finding a Community of Fellow Latinos Helped This Meta Employee Succeed

byTara Haelle

What Gaslighting at Work Looks and Sounds Like—and How to Deal

byBenish Shah

Is It Toxic? I’m Drowning in Work I Wasn’t Hired to Do.

byBenish Shah

Is It Toxic? My Supportive Boss Did a 180. Now She’s Grilling Me and Nitpicking.

bySiobhan Neela-Stock

5 Types of Toxic Coworkers and How to Deal With Them

bySakshi Udavant

What Toxic Positivity Looks Like at Work—and How to Deal With It