Recognition vs. recession
In an OfficeTeam and IAAP survey, managers were asked: “What impact, if any, has the economy had on your company’s employee recognition efforts?”
Time to check out Microsoft’s webmail?
Microsoft’s Outlook.com has a few advantages over Google’s Gmail, writes Rick Broida at PCWorld.
Connect via LinkedIn groups
Join groups outside your usual comfort zone to really make the most out of the social networking site, advises Careerealism.com
Learn to delegate more effectively
It can be hard to give up control of a project and trust that your team members will get the work done and do a great job. But you can’t do it all, and if you try, you probably won’t do very well and will likely alienate your people in the process. Tips to delegate effectively:
3 tricks to increase your influence
Are you aware of how much you influence others daily? Here are three techniques to increase your ability to persuade and gain results.
Tempted to get involved with a colleague?
Question: “I made the mistake of flirting with ‘Jack,’ a young man who recently joined our company. I am a middle-age, married woman, so this was silly. The flirtation only involved smiling and talking and joking around, but I soon realized the error of my ways and cooled things off. For the past three weeks, I have avoided Jack as much as possible. He works in a different department, but we do have to collaborate on a few projects. Unfortunately, he seems to be expressing his resentment in a bizarre and childish manner.
1-Minute Strategies: October ’12
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Keep the project on track
Ask these questions: What’s the next action we need to get this moving? What do you need to make that happen? What will you do next? Then what? What’s the priority right now? What’s the next step?
3 “no type” tips for Excel
Multiple Duplicate Worksheets
Click on the first worksheet tab and hold down the Shift key. Keeping the Shift key down, click on the last worksheet. They should all appear white, rather than gray. Now, just start typing. What you do on one sheet will also be on the remaining selected worksheets.4 must-know tips for Microsoft Word
The Clear Formats Button
Did you ever inherit a badly formatted document just wish you could start over? Use Ctrl+A to select all the text and on the Home tab, in the Font group, click the Clear Format button. Now, put in your own formatting!