Co-workers who send every message with an “Urgent” tag in the subject line or who litter emails with “ASAP” make life unnecessarily stressful. Follow these tips to deal with an everything-is-urgent co-worker.
You’re not alone. According to a new survey from OfficeTeam and the International Association of Administrative Professionals, 50% of support staff said they have skills that are not being tapped at work.
Q: “Our boss frequently requests contributions for a charitable group that she supports. Is this acceptable management behavior?” Feeling Harassed
Economic developer Cheryl Scott reminds us of timeless principles that help us lay a solid business foundation by keeping the customers first.
Strategic communications advisor Stephanie Scotti is ready for bad PowerPoints to be eliminated from the workplace. She offers three solutions to help break this pattern.
Q: “I recently became friends with one of my employees, and we started doing things together outside the office. Before long, ‘John’ began to slack off and pay less attention to his work. When I wrote him up for poor performance, he became very rude. Now John completely ignores my authority and even shares confidential information about me with others. I feel as though I have to walk on egg shells around him. How can I fix this?” Discouraged Supervisor
As people work longer and longer, it happens in every office. When does compassion take a back seat to productivity?
Good grammar and proper phrasing are important to projecting a professional image in the workplace. Grammarly’s Kimberly Joki reviews five of the most common incorrectly used words and phrases.
We’ve all been taken out for an awkward welcome lunch at a new job, and just tried to get through it without embarrassing ourselves. When a group takes an employee out, that person inevitably feels under the microscope in some way—or at the very least, too much like “the show.” If you really want to […]
Q: “Do you think it would be okay to send a complimentary email about my boss to her manager? Or would that just look as though I’m ‘sucking up’?” Grateful