Why cats manage their time better than you do
Here's a glimpse into corporate speaker and trainer Fred Kniggendorf's methodology for keeping the clock-and your co-workers-from stifling your productivity.
View ArticleHow do you fight your fears and assert yourself every day?
'Confident and assertive people don't turn themselves off,' inspirational keynote speaker Susan Leahy taught her webinar audience last month. So how do you stay switched on?
View ArticleMorale boosters to make their heads spin
"Oh, I could never try something like this," you might think after sampling this list of offbeat ways to give employees a grin. Or could you?
View ArticleThese two video clips bring FMLA issues into focus
In an August webinar, attorney Michelle Maslowski of Ogletree Deakins shone a spotlight on Family and Medical Leave Act edge cases that reveal what a puzzle this law can be ... and then provided answers.
View ArticleOffice civility: Can that please be a thing again?
The three criteria for polite communication that we probably learned as kids haven't changed one iota since then-so why have so many on the staff never been able to internalize them?
View ArticleThe many deep issues sparked by a simple ‘Achoo!’
At work, the post-sneeze moment can be a strangely telling one. As if you didn't already have enough on your plate, now's the perfect time to become hyperaware of its ramifications ...
View ArticleStart using these awful business buzzwords before someone else steals your...
For those craving a buzzword fix because it's been more than two weeks since a new one shimmered into being on a PowerPoint slide, help yourself to these emergency rations.
View ArticleStop being just an admin, start being a real partner
The biggest difference between the admin support pro of yesteryear and the one that excels today boils down to the ability to not just respond to the boss, but think like the boss.
View ArticleDon’t let a quiet personality hold you back from the top
How many times have you driven home from the office thinking, 'The only reason that guy got the acclaim today is because he's so vocal and social-the system is totally rigged in favor of the loud'?
View ArticleThe 6 most depressing things about white-collar work in the years to come
If you think you gaze morosely out your office window with a hangdog expression for hours on end now, you ain't stared at nothing yet. The office life will soon hold far more possibilities for...
View ArticleWhen there’s no escape from a terrible job
If you want a first aid kit to patch the pain and maybe bring just a little daylight through the window beside your lousy, stupid, awful desk, try these tips.
View ArticleCoaching v. managing: A world of difference
You don't wake up every day worrying about developmental coaching. It's the remedial variety that can make or break a manager. A recent webinar offered some approaches for these tricky conversations.
View ArticleGetting your mind around the ADA’s newest traps
You probably know by now that when an employee needs to take leave, his or her actual absence can be the easy part to navigate. But just before they go, and after they return ... these are the times...
View Article5 questions to ask yourself just seconds before you fire someone … and 5 to...
Are you really sure you want to press that button just yet? Run a few things through your mind before picking up the phone ... or making the long hard walk down the hallway.
View ArticleBrainstorming for true creative gladiators
Amazing ideas don't come easy, and the process of emboldening a staff to achieve brilliance shouldn't be pretty. If you want to be known as a real brainstorming gladiator, you've got to take some...
View Article3 words that terrify staff: ‘Things are changing’
In her recent webinar, Marie McIntyre, Ph.D., outlined for the audience the most bone-headed mistakes leaders and managers make when it's time to shake things up.
View Article4 ways to give older workers a powerful boost
With 1 in 3 workers now over the age of 50, and a 'brain drain' coming in which there are simply not enough younger people to fill jobs vacated by retirement, the time is now to boost older employees...
View ArticleTweets & Facebook posts: Must your business save them?
Having archives of social media postings could help avoid legal trouble. But many employers think of social media as an online whiteboard, not as a repository of official company documents that must be...
View ArticleHave you nailed down the rules of telecommuting?
Speaker and author Jay Forte is a results-oriented kind of guy, so he doesn't think you have reason to worry that remote workers might become underperformers-as long as everyone knows what's expected...
View ArticleThe 7 symptoms of a workplace negativity infection
What can you do to stave off that toxicity before it overwhelms the place you live five days a week?
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