Team-building: No sissies allowed?
When the company could benefit from team-building exercises, what is the best way to approach them? Would putting employees in a difficult environment or situation strengthen the team?
Got a suspicion of overtime favoritism?
Q: “My wife works in a production department where only a few employees have permission to work overtime. Everyone else must leave at the end of the shift. The people who receive these extra hours seem to have close ties with the supervisor. Does my wife have any recourse in this situation?” Need the Money
Looking for an excuse to do some coloring?
Yeah, they’re all adults in your workplace, but there’s still a little kid in everyone. Go to this fun resource and choose a free adult coloring page to print out and distribute to each of your contestants. Give them a deadline of a few days to week to work their artistic magic. Then hold an […]
1-Minute Strategies: September ’16
Texting bosses and co-workers … Drinking with cats … Jumping … Birds … Empathy
5 days, 5 hours, a new you
The five-hour rule, a strategy touted by Benjamin Franklin, calls for setting aside one hour each weekday to focus on deliberate learning. You can use this as a tool to be more successful in the long term.
3 tips for dealing with failure
Perseverance is important, but you also have to know when to step back and realize things aren’t working. James Clear writes on his blog about the three stages of failure and how to respond to it.
Your company’s throwing money away–how do you bring it up?
Question: “The company I work for caters every meeting no matter how brief, spends thousands of dollars for a service to keep office plants looking nice, constantly renovates to add TVs nobody watches and parking spaces nobody uses. I guess we can afford it, but I’m considering discussing this with my boss. I’m wondering about other admins’ experiences with bringing up the delicate subject of the company throwing money away on extravagant things. What’s the best way to go about it when I’m not totally sure how else that money should be spent—only that it seems enormously wasteful?” – Annabelle, Transcriber
Everyday leadership you can follow
Many people think the term “leader” is meant for those only in positions of power, like a boss. But anyone can be a leader, and there are multiple opportunities every day at work or in life to practice effective leadership. Robin Camarote writes at Inc.com that you should deliberately practice leadership, or else you will miss out on learning opportunities.
Here’s how professionals disagree
Priscilla Claman, writing at Harvard Business Review, offers these tactics to disagree professionally and effectively.
Not found on Google Maps!
Hand out a floor map of your workplace to new employees to help them navigate and get acquainted with the lay of the land. Show them who sits where, the location of equipment, files, restrooms, key offices such as HR, etc. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but it should be drawn to scale on […]