Workplace Safety and The Secret

With all the buzz about the Secret, it is time to see how to apply the law of attraction to workplace safety. Here are five simple steps to creating a safer and more profitable workplace by applying the secret of the law of attraction to workplace safety.

My Review of Systems as a Medical Transcriptionist

I have been a medical transcriptionist for 20 years, but I did not know about this profession until after I had tried nursing, waitressing and insurance sales. After wandering through these other occupations unfulfilled, I was primed and ready for a career I felt I was suited for. But what could I possibly be suited for?

Vision-Mission-Purpose-What Does It All Mean?

We hear the words purpose, vision and mission everyday, but what do they really mean and how are they different from each other? It is easy to puzzle over these questions for hours. As a small business, choosing the right words and applying them to your business can serve the organization by defining leadership roles, unifying efforts, setting departmental and company-wide goals, better serving customers and encouraging and motivating employees. A few well crafted sentences can save a tremendous amount of time in the long run, by becoming crystal clear on the answer to – What are we here for?

Understanding Angry People

Anger Doesn't Exist. Then Why Are Your Customers Yelling?

VoIP Adapters for Small Business

Choosing a VoIP adapter for your small business or home office.

Why Won’t You Listen to Me?

Getting other people to listen to us is often a difficult and confusing task. They react in unpredictable and often irrational ways. Understanding how we can impact how others respond to us can make a huge difference in our office relationships and even our productivity. This article provides practical tools for improving our ability to be heard.

Workers With Families

Well there you are sitting at your desk hard at work, you have arrived early, and know that to complete everything that is expected of you, you will almost certainly have to work late, So how do you feel when a colleague with children (you don't have any) phones in sick at the last minute because their child is ill or the school is closed or when they come in ask you to cover them as they have to leave early for a child related reason?

Amazing Treasure Buried In Your Own Systems Treasure Chest!

I was talking to my client the other day, the president of a company who has extremely high mobile costs, sound familiar?

Perils Of One-Way Communication

Technology presents an alluring, yet unfavorable trend toward one-way communication. Voice mail, invented by the late Gordon Matthews, significantly reduces the time it takes to communicate by eliminating half of the dialogue. Faxes, electronic mail, and pagers offer a similar escape from human interaction. Simply tell the other person what you want and be done with them until next time. No questions, no discussion, no problem.

Performance Reviews Your Employees Will Love to Get

Is inflicting annual performance evaluations on your employees or direct reports part of your job description? Would you like to wake-up from this recurring workforce management nightmare? Read on to discover the secret to giving performance reviews your employees will love to get. You'll learn that it takes more than simply pumping more PRAISE into the appraisal. Here you'll discover the basics for building a foundation of corporation and mutual support.

What Makes a Good Writer Great?

What is the difference between the same-old-same-old paperwork that flies around the office all day every day, and a piece that people will actually enjoy reading? The difference is the writer.

The Memo Makeover

This article explains how to turn another potentially boring memo or e-mail that is headed for the recycle bin into an interesting piece of important information that can motivate and excite!

Tips For Dealing With Difficult People - Part 1

Unfortunately, the world is not filled with great communicators and is more dominated by difficult people. Dealing with difficult people is a must to be happy, successful, and develop fulfilling relationships. Here are list of tips for dealing with difficult people to transform their attitude and keep your relationship from declining.