Delivering Difficult Messages at Work
Feedback is essential to the professional development process. As you advance professionally, you will be placed in more situations in which you will need to give feedback to others. It's when a difficult message has to be given that many managers and leaders stumble. More ...
Dealing With Employee Insubordination
Do you have trouble dealing with employee insubordination? We believe the best way to handle this problem is to react immediately. But a systematic, unbiased approach is necessary to uphold an orderly work environment. More ...
What Not to Say to Customers
A problem can arise however when an employee who doesn't usually come into contact with customers meets a customer. You should never reveal inside information to a customer, or to anyone else outside the company. More ...
Five Strategies to Become a More Attractive Employee
If you feel you have veered off the professional development path, perhaps now is an ideal time to get back on track. After all, professional development is a catalyst in becoming a more attractive job candidate. More ...
Conflict and Politics at Work
If there's no conflict in the company where you work, enjoy it, it won't last. Wherever you have two or more people working together, sooner or later a squabble is going to breakout. Here's how to deal with conflict and politics at work. More ...
Techniques - Get Ahead by Faking It
Are you working in a no stretch organization? To succeed at work, you need to stretch your capabilities. You need to perform tasks above your skill level, tasks you've never done before. In a no stretch organization, workers are assigned only tasks they've done before. More ...
Techniques - Computer Literacy
It's hard to believe that there are people in today's workforce who don't know how to use a computer. In today's society, being computer illiterate is equivalent to being functionally illiterate. More ...
How To Beat Job Burnout
Have you or a member of your staff recently felt physically depleted? Have you felt helpless to make changes or to make a difference? Have you felt a sense of hopelessness or felt disillusioned? These are all symptoms of job burnout. More ...
How to Get Ahead at Work - Without Kissing Butt!
Most people think that if they kiss the bosses butt, the boss will like them and they will have a secure job with good advancement. Wrong! If you kiss the bosses butt, they may smile at you and talk nice to you, but in reality they're thinking you're weak and pitiful. More ...
The Fastest Gun Rule
No matter how fast you can draw your gun, there is always someone faster. The same thing applies to you and any quality or talent that you excel at. More ...
Why to Avoid Flirting in the Workplace
What may be flirting to one person could be sexual harassment to another person. It's a fine line and there are no universal laws about flirting in the workplace. Therefore, it is up to individuals to gauge what is appropriate and what is not. To avoid overstepping boundaries in the workplace, here are a few simple tips employees should follow: More ...
Techniques - Taking Initiative
Does your boss always have to tell you what to do. Does your boss have to treat you like a child, or do you take initiative? There are dangers in taking initiative at work, but the rewards can be great. More ...
Five Ways to Create Job Security
Today's economic climate, that doesn't have to mean you have no job security. You can have a sense of job security, but it won't come from your employer. You must give it to yourself. Here's a proven five point strategy to ensure you have security in an uncertain job economy. More ...
