Being right isn’t always right
If the need to be right drives you, it’s often because it was modeled growing up. I encourage you to take a different approach.
Year: 2013
4 tips for better written communication
When you’re drafting an email, memo or other written communication at the office, there are key elements to consider as you work to clearly and accurately communicate your message. Communications specialist, writer and editor Corinne LaBossiere offers four tips for successful business writing.
Strategies to take women to the top
There are things women can do to propel themselves higher up the ladder, says Vickie Milazzo, author of Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman. Some must-do hints for getting ahead:
A simple fix for phone security
To make your smartphone easier to recover if it gets lost, try this: Take a photo of a piece of paper that shows your address or a different contact number, and apply this photo as your screensaver. It’s not pretty, but it immediately tells someone who finds the phone where or how it can be […]
Strategies to manage complainers
Handling a complaint is a high-stakes situation, whether it’s from someone you support in the office or a customer. Please a person who is upset, and you develop an ally; botch it, and you never recover in that person’s eyes.
1-Minute Strategies: Dec. ’13
Take a stand for workplace wellness … Vacation is time to think about the future … If you wouldn’t poke a bear, don’t open a suspicious email.
Is it sexism, or just irritating condescension?
Q: “After starting a new job with a small business, I noticed that there seems to be a lot of sexism here. The older men treat the younger women terribly, and the older women do nothing to stop it. The older men constantly make me feel inadequate because I am just out of college. The company is very small, so we don’t have a human resources manager. What should I do?” Mistreated
Formatting tips & tricks for Word
Here’s how to change line spacing, employ Themes, and apply and modify Styles.
Admins’ most irritating co-workers
Everyone has an abrasive colleague that he or she just doesn’t know how to deal with. Here’s one example from the Admin Pro Forum.
3 steps to positive lifestyle change
Change can be uncomfortable, but patterns and routines that keep us from reaching our full potential can be even more damaging. Writer and motivational speaker Martina McGowan suggests three steps for making positive lifestyle changes.