5 Tips for Drop Dead Praise

Want to have them melt in your palm? All you need is a sprinkling of praise!

5 Tips for Constructive Anger Management at The Workplace

Anger can be a lethal force at the workplace, undermining atmosphere, productivity and workplace relaitonships. Based upon her new book, The Anger Diet, Dr. Shoshanna provides five essential steps to take to balance workplace relationships and allow you to easily turn negative feelings into constructive workplace behavior.

Creative Ideas for Improving Personal Communication

Personal communication is one of the most fundamental of human activities. It is of vital importance in our personal life, as well as in nearly all the organizational and business settings. Improving the way we communicate with our spouses, children, colleagues, customers and suppliers may often lead to better results, an empowering sense of cooperation, and a general good atmosphere. This article offers some unconventional - yet extremely powerful - ideas for making the most out of your daily interactions with other people.

Running Mate Program for Churches

First time visitors or employees can be overwhelmed and discouraged their first day on the job or their first visit to a new church. They should be more than just welcomed when they first arrive. A Running Mate to guide them through the new environment would provide countless benefits later on.

Sample Performance Appraisal

A performance appraisal carried out for professional and administrative personnel and a confidential employee performance appraisal contains the names and job titles of employees and the department for which they work. It also states the names of the appraisers and their job titles. Performance appraisal sheets are normally divided into three main topics that are, evaluation or job performance area, ratings, and comments.

Types Of Performance Appraisals

In some cases, the performance appraisal processes are structured and formally sanctioned while in other cases they are an informal and essential part of daily activities. Performance refers to the extent of completion of the tasks that make up an individual's job. One type of performance appraisal is to evaluate employees against standards of personal qualities and work profile.

10 Steps To Regaining Control In The Work Place

Do you feel overwhelmed at work? Unrealistic deadlines, unbearable co-workers or boss, do you feel stressed because of a combination of responsibilities at work and at home? Identifying what stresses you out is half the battle in eliminating the problem. If you experience consistent difficulty with a co-worker, or your boss.....

8 Ways to Cope in a Hostile Work Place

Do you get stressed out at the thought of going to work every morning? Do you constantly find yourself wishing that Monday mornings were Friday evenings? Does the mere thought of interacting with your boss or co-workers leave you feeling wound up, sweaty and emotionally drained?

Clear Communication is Pain-Saving

Even though I am no longer an official, card-carrying member of the corporate workforce, I remain close to it through my executive wife. My business partner and I must clearly communicate with each other and others in order to meet the goals we have set. We talk often and use a web-based planner to get on or stay on the same page, literally.

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?

The Reality of the Bully

Bullies exist. They are real. How we handle them is the key to our own personal well-being.

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.

Waves of Communication

Are you in a position that interacts with customers or clients? Are you in a management or a leadership role? Would you like to improve your communication with someone else who is in a management or leadership role? Communication is the key to success in a professional capacity and in our personal relationships. Communication creates a bond between individuals, for better or worse, it can bring us closer together or identify gaps in understanding or appreciation. The most honest communication contains emotion and the ability to exchange ideas with passion.