This time of year is many different things to many different people. Your ability to understand what this time of year means to your people in the field, and your ability to tune in and give them what they need, is critical to the success of your ...

> Employees withhold 2/3 of what they are capable of contributing to a company in the form of talents, skills, experience, information and ideas.

>Workers can't help but be indifferent and apathetic when they are pursuing someone else's obje ...

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Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI's) that occur at work are best eliminated at the source; this is the fundamental goal of occupational health and safety.

In the case of repetitive strain injuries, the prime source of injury is continuous repe ...

An organization is like a vehicle: it is made up of many parts designed to work together to accomplish the purpose of getting from where it is now to where it is going. It takes a finely-tuned system to enable and insure that the whole is moved by ...

There are many ways to improve the way you communicate. For example, you will always start things off on the right foot by opening the conversation in a way that creates mutual respect. Using phrases such as, "If you have a minute, I'd like to tal ...

Whether you are moving office spaces or are a new start up company, you are going to have needs in the office supply department. There are several considerations to take into account when deciding on what to purchase for your workplace environmen ...

The office affair. File it under ¡°it seemed like a good idea at the time¡± or perhaps ¡°I should have known better.¡±

While I have worked with a handful of couples who met at work and ended up living happily ever after ¨C at least so far anyways ...

A writer from a national magazine called me this week. He wanted quotes for an article he is writing for the December issue. I was very excited. The article is about Prima Donnas. I asked him if he was sure I was the person he was trying to re ...

One of my favorite people in the world is named Billy. I used to visit Billy when I dated one of his co-workers. Billy would ask about what I was teaching. I would tell him the topics of the week and we would have some very interesting conversa ...

According to an article in USA TODAY, quoting a survey done by Fortune Magazine; the wall dividing love and the workplace may be falling. Chief executives indicate that they are being forced to be more tolerant of office romances due to the fact t ...

Complete connection with every workplace communication is possible when you take time to develop the Expert Persuader \r Technique. Here are the tools needed to master this persuasion technique.

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Women returning to the workforce often sell themselves short, partly because of society¡¯s view that if you¡¯re not in the paid workforce you are ¡°doing nothing¡±.

The other part of this equation is because after a few years of dealing mainly w ...

The office is a vital department of every organization. Omotosho [1979] described the office as ¡°the place [room or building] in which the paperwork of an organization is done.¡± He added, ¡°It is the nerve center of any business.¡± According to D ...

Every leader, supervisor, coach, team member and parent has been told of the value of giving positive feedback. We¡¯ve heard reasons why. We¡¯ve heard we don¡¯t do it enough. We¡¯ve learned all of the basics about giving positive feedback successfu ...