Thorny problem? Unleash your vision
When a problem doesn’t respond to solutions that have worked for you before, unlock your creativity with these approaches.
Year: 2013
Automate Worksheet Views
If you have a workbook that everyone views a little bit differently, you can automate it, so that everyone just has to click their own button. Even if you are the only one who uses it, but you use it differently for different purposes, this solution would work, too.
5 tips on business trip etiquette
The way you look and act while on a business trip reflects back on your employer. Avoid making a bad impression on your next work trip. Follow these five tips for business travel.
Put memories in their place
Confessions of a Remote Worker: Part Two
Working remotely is full of positives, and a few negatives—as I outlined in my last blog post Confessions of a Remote Worker: Part One. One of the hardest parts of being a remote worker is that when you’re in your home office, you’re alone all the time. Pets don’t count as co-workers. Another challenge is that you’re not at the office with your boss. As the saying goes—out of sight, out of mind.
Turn around embarrassing moments
You talk without thinking first, flub a figure of speech, misfire an email. How do you recover gracefully?
Yes, you can be the boss and still be liked
Q: “I love being a supervisor, but it’s hard to be as tough as my superiors want me to be. I’m beginning to realize that to get things done, I need to be less of a friend and more of a boss. I know I have to demonstrate leadership, but I’m afraid this will turn me into an unlikeable person. After all, does anyone really like their boss?” Nice Guy
Resilience key to well-being on the job
Marc Tinsley is an author and speaker who works with people to remove the obstacles that are standing between them and success. Recently we got in touch with him to learn more about the importance of resilience when it comes to success and how people can foster it.
Windows XP support ends
Companies and individuals who use Windows XP should consider migrating to another platform, Dave Johnson writes.
Beg to differ without ruffling feathers
Smart administrative professionals choose when and how to express gentle, yet forceful, disagreement. Here are three strategies to disagree gracefully, along with situations when each tactic makes sense.