Spot opportunities amid the daily chaos
Every day is filled with interruptions, distractions, emails, ringing phones and a flood of incoming information. Yet, certain events each day are different from everything else…
Year: 2005
Grammar Repair Shop: Is it ‘staff is’ or ‘staff are’?
Problem: Whether to use singular or plural verbs and pronouns with collective nouns that represent a group, such as “board,” “jury” and “staff.”
Write subject lines that draw attention
How can you guarantee that your messages never again drown in a sea of e-mail in someone’s electronic inbox? By following these 4 tips to improve your crafting of the all-important subject line…
Working smarter: Turn an angry boss into a teacher
It happens. Your boss, red-faced and scowling, strides toward your desk—clutching the report you stayed late yesterday to finish. How to calm the tension? Remember this 4-A approach:
‘Dumb boss’ poll: Recognize anyone?
Here are a few highlights from an ABC News web poll a few years back that asked readers for the worst thing a boss ever told them:
Have what it takes to sell your ideas?
Your title may not carry much authority, but you have all the tools you need to persuade others to do what you want.
Being micromanaged? Let’s talk
If your boss’s micromanagement interferes with your ability to do your job, quit casting yourself as a victim. You can’t change the boss, but you can influence many of the situations you face, says Harry Chambers, a trainer and author of My Way or the Highway: The Micromanagement Survival Guide.
Extend a helping hand to your workplace rival
Take a lesson from successful execs and create an alliance with another admin pro you consider a competitor.
To forgive is divine … and productive
Want to step up your productivity by 25 percent? Simply forgive someone—the boss, a co-worker, a friend—for whatever “evil” he or she has done you.
Grammar Repair Shop: Can you decipher Latin abbreviations?
Problem: Writers who never studied Latin often mix up the abbreviations i.e. and e.g.