Preventing rejection at work

You walk into a meeting late and people are already in huddles. Colleagues glance over ever so briefly then turn back to their conversations. You sit down in a corner and use your smartphone to check email. Once the group discussion starts, you want to offer an opinion but can't seem to get a word in. Eventually, you give up, take a few notes, check more email and wait for the meeting to end. You stay at your desk the rest of the day but don't get much done.

Rejection, or the fear of it, is a powerful social trigger - and, at work, it can be a debilitating one ... READ MORE

Released by Harvard Business Review - April 2013