How to productively work with your boss
Sometimes, it’s difficult to be engaged if you and your boss don’t agree. Here are four tips that can help you see eye to eye.
Category: People Skills
4 magic words stop workplace disagreement
They are: “You might be right,” according to The Confidence Center. Here’s why four words work.
New boss? Start off on the right foot
One of the most pivotal periods in your relationship with your boss is those first few weeks while you’re getting routines established, learning each other’s temperaments and mapping out expectations. This is especially true when it’s the boss who’s new to the company and not you. You can make yourself indispensable and ease her transition into your organization if you do the following.
How Google teams get more done
Former Picnik and current PicMonkey CMO Lisa Conquergood says she learned a lot about how Google keeps employees engaged and productive while she worked there.
When a teammate disrespects you
When a co-worker consistently makes rude, disparaging or passive-aggressive comments toward you, follow these steps to address the issue.
Dealing with the everything-is-urgent co-worker
Co-workers who send every message with an “Urgent” tag in the subject line or who litter emails with “ASAP” make life unnecessarily stressful. Follow these tips to deal with an everything-is-urgent co-worker.
When an aging co-worker’s performance slips
As people work longer and longer, it happens in every office. When does compassion take a back seat to productivity?
Gift-giving: Great idea… on paper
Q: Iām a big gift-giver. When someone on my staff does great work, I pick a little gift, get it wrapped and give it privately to the individual. When I mentioned this to a manager at another company, she scolded me. She said I was setting a bad precedent. What do you think?
8 apps that can help remote teams collaborate
Collaborative tools powered by cloud technology are making it easier for remote teams to accomplish as much apart as they would working in the same room, says Alltopstartups.com founder Thomas Oppong. He shares some of the best collaboration apps.
Stop being just an admin, start being a real partner
The biggest difference between the admin support pro of yesteryear and the one that excels today boils down to the ability to not just respond to the boss, but think like the boss.