Authentic Communication: Dealing With Moose-on-the-Table

The moose represents an issue that everyone knows is a problem but isn't being addressed. People are trying to carry on as if things are normal. By failing to declare the issue, they further empower it.

Denial Doesn't Stop the Backstabbing - Denial Stops Productivity

As a manager you know that one employee has been harassing the other employees, yet the one you have to discipline is the one who brings in all the sales, so you make exceptions. Avoiding the issue is a way to avoid taking responsibility to change the problem. Whether it's backstabbing, gossip, or any other irritant, denying the problem doesn't stop the problem. Denying the problem only stops the productivity.

Giving Feedback - How Do It In The Right Way

Do you find it difficult to express your feelings in a constructive way at work? Here are some tips and a framework to help you.

The Language of Success - A New Way to Talk About Your Business

What if there's a language of success and you're not using it? Just knowing that such a language exists sets you apart from most other business people. Image being able to say the right thing, and ask the right question at the right time - all the time. The possibilities would be endless.

Criminal Background Check Get it Quickly Online

How often have you been searching for a phone number or address and seen an advertisement for a criminal background check?

Ergonomic Positioning Explained: Part Four, Office Chair Checklist

With the hours that employees spend seated in their office chair in this, the computer age, it is important to remember to practice good ergonomics and keep the correct positioning throughout the day. Ergonomics are the key to a healthy body, back and neck when working long hours in your task chair. When you sit in your office chair, you should adjust it to the proper position first, remembering a simple checklist of setup motions.

The Personality of Business: Manage Your Style for Greater Success

While gaps in hard skills, like understanding a balance sheet, are relatively easy to identify and fill in, it’s often quite difficult to pinpoint the personal assumptions and beliefs that can limit effectiveness. An individual's personality style includes strengths that when over-used can narrow perception and result in habitual ways of reacting that may not be the best choice for all situations. Becoming aware of limiting patterns makes it possible to learn new ways of thinking that offer a more balanced perspective.

The Anywhere Office

The working world has changed more due to the information revolution than it did due to the industrial revolution. Today, white collar workers are just as likely to be working from a Starbucks or their kitchen table as from a corner office or a cubicle. This article outlines not only the changes in the work place but also what tools are essential for success in any environment.

Why Should I Use Electronic Signatures

Electronic signatures save time, money and resources. Electronic signatures make your business more effecient and help you become more productive.

The High Cost of Poor Listening

There are no shortcuts to becoming a great listener and the price tag for poor listening is high. Listening well can cut down on misunderstandings, miscues, damaged relationships, missed opportunity and disagreements while building strong alliances, increasing knowledge and delivering better results faster.

How to Communicate After the Merger/Downsize

Communication is a key component of organizational effectiveness. By sending messages from one individual, group, or organization to another, the information conveyed is meant to influence, persuade, and motivate others' attitudes and behaviors.

She Said/She Said: The Real Way Women Communicate With Each Other

We all know that there is a distinct difference between the way men and women communicate in business. But what about woman to woman communication? Who talks about the way women deal with each other in their communications? It’s not all that pretty and proper like some would have you believe.

Managing Conflict In The Workplace

Employees Who Don't Get Along? Here's How To Manage Conflict In The Workplace...

How to Effectively Review Other People's Work

Eventually it will happen. You will have to review somebody's work at your job. This may seem like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be that way. By following a few simple guidelines you can make this process not only painless on yourself, but also produce a well-done review.

10 Steps Towards Coping with Office Conflicts

Our professional life and personal life are interlinked and have their overwhelming effects on each other. But life is like that and we are human beingsbecause we have reason and emotions. We cannot defy the fact, so let’s accept it, when we are frustrated and depressed in our personal life and relationships, our professional life is affected indirectly. If our professional life is driving us nuts, our personal life can be a living hell as well.