Speaking with Your Authentic Voice

Do you have a hard time thinking on your feet and answering questions in the moment? This article will guide you through a five step process for saying what you want the first time around, boost your self-confidence and gain credibility.

10 Tips For Using Instant Messaging For Business

A technology designed initially for one-on-one personal chats has reached the workplace. Many business people are choosing text-based Instant Messaging over phone calls and email. They prefer its immediacy and efficiency in getting real-time information from partners, suppliers and colleagues working remotely.

How to Be Happy at Work

Here are 10 tips for making your workplace a happy place.

Workplace Communication- What About Sarcasm?

Sarcasm- it's a habitual behavior pattern that weakens teamwork. If you tend to make sarcastic comments in the name of fun, then this article is for you. Now ask yourself- why do you do it?

The Art of Remarkable Leadership

Leadership is defined as the capacity or ability to guide others to accomplish an objective. To provide leadership, one needs to be a leader. What qualities do you believe are required by a good leader and how does one become a leader? Although some people have natural leadership skills, good leaders are made not born.

Grief - Hidden Source of Stress in Every Workplace

Grief gets overlooked in the workplace but functions as a stress producer.

It's Time For Plan B - Brainstorming!

Brainstorming is an invaluable tool for idea generation, problem solving, innovation, teambuilding and creativity. Read to ensure a successful session of brainstorming.

Wax On, Wax Off - Channeling the Magic of Miyagi

While channel surfing the other night, I happened upon a replay of the 1980's hit film The Karate Kid. Although it's not the greatest movie ever to come out of Hollywood, I can't stop thinking about the relevance of this film in both my personal life and my work surrounding Generation Why...

Improving Conference Calls

Do you find yourself frustrated by long and unproductive conference calls? What reputation do you have for managing conference calls? Establish expectations and a reputation for short and effective conference calls. Get your time back for other activities.

Teamwork And The Importance Of Documenting

Documentation is an important task in the organization. Those who ever watch television series like CSI know that documentation is important. Documenting the crime scene is one of the first steps in solving a crime. The goal of doing this is very simple - by documenting data and information during such a process...

Cell Phone Etiquette

To get respect in the business world, you need to show respect. Respect the others you communication with enough to turn off or at least ignore your cell phone or text messaging device while you're talking and hopefully listening.

To Whom Do You Think You're Writing?

When writing business documents, it is never about you, the writer. It is always about the reader. You must write from the reader's point of view.

An Analysis Of French And Polish Communicative Styles - Doing Business Within A Borderless Europe

With a growing borderless European Continent there are many issues to consider on this march to a unified super-state. Each country (approximately 52) traditionally has its own values, beliefs, customs, and identity as well as its own language and style of communication. A monumental challenge in creating a single-state will be to combine or merge all of these national traits into a harmonious, unified nation. This article aims to compare and contrast the respective communicative styles of both French and Polish highlighting areas of similarity and possible conflict and relating the issue to the wider European context.

The Six Types of Bullies in the Workplace

They don't sport horns or have flames spewing from flaring nostrils - at least not at first.

Leading By Listening

Discusses the rewards of listening to others while leading them. An important attribute of a good leader is their ability to listen.