Psychologists have shown how our minds often fail to see what’s right in front of us. That means any of us could fail to see the ethical big picture and almost unknowingly make an unethical choice. How to make sure you don’t fall into that trap?
Office workers who take an email hiatus focus on a single task for longer stretches of time and have lower stress levels, according to a new study by the University of California and U.S. Army researchers.
Who needs a good memory, with all the tech gadgets to help you? Technology helps, but a good memory will serve you well when you need to recall someone’s name, or make a mental to-do list. Here are four memory techniques to practice and improve upon:
Hold a mobile device at eye level to avoid “text neck.” Dr. Dean Fishman adopted the phrase after seeing a huge influx of younger patients visiting his chiropractor facility–complaining of neck, back, arm and shoulder pain.
Even if you included a new social media policy in your employee handbook recently, it’s time to review it again. The NLRB issued a report recently that called into question the legality of some of the wording employers commonly use in their social media policies.
Concrete examples bring abstract writing to life. Not only will examples help readers more easily imagine what you’re talking about, they’ll add pop to your prose.
When asked which office amenity you can’t live without, the answers overwhelmingly suggested that those who try to cut the office coffee allowance are guaranteed to get scalded. “Face it, we all need perking up at some point,” wrote D.R., while Laura’s comment that coffee “makes our cubicle cave livable” seems to be a universally […]
Nowadays, executives more often are meeting virtually, through instant messaging, video chat and other tools. Here’s how to organize a virtual meeting, and prepare participants to get the most out of the session.
Microsoft hit it out of the park with Quick Steps in Outlook 2010. On the Home tab, in the Quick Steps group, you’ll find several out-of-the-box Quick Steps.
Question: For the past two years, our CEO flatly stated that no one in the organization would receive a pay increase due to the economic situation in our business. Although we were disappointed, we appreciated the fact that everyone was being treated equally. Recently, however, the head of my division announced that all of our managers are being made vice-presidents. Their jobs will remain exactly the same, but the title change qualifies them for a pay increase.
This is clearly a ploy to get around the companywide salary freeze. All of the employees were stunned by this announcement. Not only have we been denied raises, but our workload has also increased due to unfilled vacancies. Management is constantly telling us to “do more with less.” Although we are thankful that we still have jobs, we can’t help feeling disgruntled and mistreated. I have toyed with the idea of sending the CEO a letter telling him about this deception. What do you think? Irate Employee