Corporate Event Planning - Planning A Meeting - Getting Started

A checklist that outlines the key items to focus on when you decide to plan a meeting.

Self-Serving Letters and Emails

Getting timely responses can be tough. Use self-serving communication. Make someones inaction, instead of their action, give you the answer you need.

Success In The Workplace Is All About Attitude And Approach

Whatever your position in relation to the world of work, one thing is clear - Your attitude towards work and/so how you approach it makes all the difference in how well you succeed.

Give a 'Pat-on-the-Back' For a Job Well Done

How can I praise others? See their ACTIONS as positive? Give a 'pat-on-the-back' for a job welldone. Become the Encourager - praise when due - be positive - then write down what happens as a result of your NEW attitude as a business cheerleader in your company.

Getting Ahead and Defining Your Space - The Office

Many people want to know how to get recognized and known within an organization. They want their boss and their co-workers to take notice of them. A couple of days ago I watched a Science Channel program about wolves and I saw connections that combined attributes at work with wolf instinct.

Romance on the Job - Stimulating! Is it a Good Idea?

Tips to consider about romancing at work.

Drama at Work Hampers Productivity

The business owner just wishes the employees would shut up and do the work. The employee just wishes the business owner would understand. Drama. It's everywhere in the work place. The problem is, no one recognizes his or her own part in creating the drama. Dr. Karpman's Drama Triangle is a model that helps teams solve inter-office conflict and helps the individual determine what role is being played out- victim,rescuer or persecutor. Drama hampers productivity, drains your energy and takes you out of your power. Drama keeps you stirred up, immobilized, upset, unhappy and otherwise dysfunctional. This spells trouble for business. Learn more about the Drama Triangle and how to identify unproductive patterns.

How To Communicate Like A Pro

Your one-on-one communication will acquire real power if you learn to send messages that are simple, clear, and assertive; if you learn to monitor the hearer to determine that your message was accurately received; and if you learn to obtain the desired response by approaching people with due regard for their behavioral styles. Your finesse as a communicator will grow as you learn to identify and overcome the obstacles to communication. Practice these six techniques, and you'll find your effectiveness as a message-sender growing steadily.

Employee Communication Surveys: Seven Tips For Successful Design and Implementation

Surveying employees is an effective first step in fixing communication problems in an organization. Even if there are no obvious problems, surveys can help get an organization to the next level of performance. Here are seven useful tips for getting the most impact from your next communication survey.

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.

How to Increase Productivity When Managing Multiple Disciplines

If your computer is infected with a virus you might have to restore your data at one moment in time. This is like going back in time. Time you could have spend on production. There are other incidents that require you to go back from where you came from. A nuisance if your time is limited...

Bad Review Out of the Blue

Sometimes it happens. You think things are going along well at work, or at least adequately enough, until your boss summons you to his or her office and delivers a shock: Unless your performance improves, you will soon be out of a job.

Working for Corporate Aliens

Working for Corporate Aliens can be a really challenging experience. Here are some tips on how to survive and keep your sanity.