Go easy on young workers’ ideas
Your younger workers will sometimes offer ideas that really aren’t that good. But you should never shoot down the employees who bring them. Their willingness to take risks is priceless.
Category: People Skills
3 ways to deal with hurtful humor
Humor is a vital part of camaraderie in the workplace. But sometimes jokes are at someone else’s expense. If you’re wondering what to do when a joke-teller risks hurting someone to get a laugh, try one of the responses suggested by humor expert David M. Jacobson of Humor Horizons.
Cut off gossip as soon as it starts
It’s easy to get caught in gossip, even for managers. You know you should it, but how should you do it? Lori Palatnik and Bob Burg, authors of Gossip, offer three useful options.
Communication is vital when delegating
Management is about getting results through people’s efforts. That means effective communication is essential. Here’s what to do.
Create a travel profile for your executive
Let’s start 2020 off with a bang by giving you some useful advice to help you better plan your executive’s travel.
The delayers who are driving you nuts
There are all sorts of reasons delays can occur, and sometimes it’s the behavior of your leader. Authors Amy Cooper Hakim and Muriel Solomon describe four types of delaying bosses.
How to tell if they’re lying to you
A study published in the journal Discourse Processes identified common signs that someone is lying through observations of an experiment where participants were instructed to lie blatantly, lie by omission or tell the truth.
Handle people who undermine you
Everybody has that one person who loves to knock you down a peg. Here’s how you deal with the problem.
Banish traits that start arguments
Some days it seems everyone is in a bad mood. Or maybe it’s just you. If you’re getting into more than your share of altercations, perhaps you need to work on one or more of these issues.
Try this team celebration for size
At the next office party or year-end celebration, consider hosting what we call the “Anything Awards” to have silly fun while challenging people to be creative.