If you lost your job and are looking for a new job, it means you don't hear enough about saving your previous job. You probably hear a lot about finding a new job but surely, you also need to focus, how to save your existing job. You can lose your job for various reasons. Some of the reasons may be out of your control, e.g. Your employer is not making ample money or there is a corporate merger or your department is eliminated and you become redundant. But there are few factors, which are totally under your control, e.g. your performance is not upto the mark or you don't have a good working relation with your boss. So, you could manage these factors and can yourself from laying off.  Here's how:

1.Understand Expectation

You think that you are doing very well at your position but may be your superiors don't think so. It does not matter, what you think about your performance but it does matter what other think about your performance. You must have to understand the expectations of your boss and your colleagues. If you get a vibe from your boss that you are not meeting his expectations then it is always better to discuss with your boss that what he/she expects from you. 

2. Prioritize the tasks

Again, you not only have to understand the performance expectations of your boss but you also have to prioritize the tasks accordingly. Today's business world wants the person, who could handle the multitasks effectively. May be one task has high priority for you but for your bosses, it would not have such worth. There may be certain other tasks, which are of high priority. 

3. Self Confidence

Always have self confidence "Work as if you are totally confident that your job is there forever," says Seiden, a leadership and career-development expert. That's a tall order, but, "if you bring worry into work, people are going to smell it," he says.

He recommends avoiding entertaining paranoia at every turn, wondering why you were or weren't given a particular project or assignment. "Even if you see [that your job is not going to last], you have to put blinders on," he says. Just keep showing up, physically and mentally, to do a great job in the here and now.

4. Brand yourself

It's good to be humble but in workplace, it would not be wise option. You must have self confidence on your abilities and you need to prove yourself continuously and  effectively that you are a valuable resource of the organization. No one born as Socrates, skills could be learned and improved so don't be timid, if you don't have some skill to perform a task. Always open yourself for learning and to experience something new. Try to be the part of new assignments and projects, which would not only help to boost your self-confidence but also help to build the trust of others on you. 

5. Learn about office politics

I actually hate office politics and I am sure, most of us also hate this. So it would always good option to learn about office politics, if you are tone-deaf from the office politics, you could wind-up making mistakes that could cost you losing your job.

6. Always prepared for the worst

At the beginning of the post, I mentioned that there are certain factors that are beyond your control like restructuring, downsizing, business reengineering, etc. So, always keep a sharp eye on that and don't put your all eggs in one basket. It's good to hope for the best but you have to be ready for the worst. 

Bullying and Harassments are two of the major problematic behaviors in today's workplace. Most of the people took it as same and could not differentiate between these two behavior. The understanding of these two behaviors are necessary as in the eyes of law, they are both different. I would describe the difference between bullying and harassment and  would also propose strategies to overcome these behaviors  in your workplace. 

Workplace Bullying

It is a repeated pattern of mistreatment and unwelcome behavior from others towards a particular employee or a group of employees  that could cause harm and create a risk to health and safety. It can include verbal, nonverbal, psychological, physical abuse and humiliation. Workplace bullying is different than the typical school bully, as it operates within established rules and policies of the organization. In workplace bullying, it is usually from top towards subordinate(s), however, peers can also be involved in bullying. Workplace bullying causes demotivation, dissatisfaction, anxiety, stress and demoralization in the target employee.

Workplace Harassment

Harassment is a topic which cover a range offensive behaviors. It is repetitive in nature causes disturbance, stress and anxiety. In the workplace, it is a negative behavior which can offend, humiliate or intimidate a target employee or group of employees based on their race, culture, age, gender or religion. In workplace, sexual harassment is most common and unwanted behavior, where the consequences of refusing could be potentially very disadvantageous to the victim. 

How to avoid these behaviors at workplace

Following preventives measures should be taken in order to avoid bullying and workplace harassment.