Make connections with corporate gifts
Corporate gifts aren’t just for holidays.
Category: People Skills
… an employee always has an excuse
Do you have an employee who makes too many excuses for her shortcomings?
1-Minute Strategies: May ’16
Time management; constructive criticism; comma placement; and clean email
Too many people making changes to a doc? Tips to gain control
Managing versions on an important document can be a struggle.
Are you smarter than your boss?
Your boss has a lot of say over your job, but what happens when you’re pretty sure you know better?
How do you work for someone you personally dislike?
Question: “Five months ago I was hired as an admin at a telecommunications company. Recently I’ve come to realize that while my boss and I do get along, he’s kind of a classic jerk—and everyone warned me about it. He’s rude, condescending, argumentative and sometimes just plain mean, but he seems to get away with a lot because he’s apparently terrific at bringing in profits. Does anyone but me feel there’s something not right about working so hard for someone you find personally offensive, even if you need the paycheck and your work relationship is perfectly functional?” – Valerie, Administrative Assistant
Build positive co-worker relationships
Building positive relationships with your co-workers is the key to a good work environment, writes Carol Williams for iMindQ.
Negotiate like a pro
In a negotiation, neither party holds all of the cards, writes Michael Mamas for Entrepreneur. With the right approach, you can excel in your negotiations.
10 FBI tricks for effective persuasion
What can managers, executives and leaders learn from the FBI’s techniques?
Are you getting on the boss’s bad side?
So you think your workplace performance speaks for itself and that everything you do is amazing. Guess who might not see it that way.