1-Minute Strategies: August ’14
Manage a micromanaging boss with a careful conversation … Stop stress with a bit of laughter … Make socks your ultimate work accessory.
Category: Personal Development
Have you paid it forward?
Remember the first day of your very first job? It might be hard to remember now that you are established in your career and feel competent, secure and confident.
How to boost morale among your peers
Some jobs are emotionally draining and can create morale problems for the people who do them. If management can’t or won’t help address these problems, is there anything colleagues can do to help boost morale for one another?
A look at wellness programs
There are many reasons why employers offer workplace wellness programs, including to combat obesity and the rapidly increasing costs of medical care and health insurance, writes Napala Pratini.
What networking isn’t
Certified life and career coach Dorothy Tannahill-Moran cites some common networking myths that may be further intimidating introverts.
The benefits of being scrappy
“Creative,” “smart” and “determined” are great traits, but leadership and entrepreneurship writer Bill Murphy Jr. explains why people described as “resourceful” do so well.
Hierarchies still matter on the job
In today’s open offices where communication is more casual, it feels like everyone is on equal footing and working for a meritocracy. But that’s wrong, says Jeffrey Pfeffer, an organizational behavior professor at Stanford University. Power structures haven’t changed much over time. Pfeffer offers three theories of why workplace hierarchies are still going strong.
Admin Pro Week survey results are in
The results are in from this year’s Admin Pro Week survey, and it’s clear a lot of admins have been rocking it over the past year. The survey asked administrative professionals about team-building and peer support in the workplace—as well as who would win an “Office Olympics,” the admins or the executive team?
1-Minute Strategies: July ’14
Why every employee needs a “brag folder” … Chew away your stress … Eat chocolate, get happy.
Be bossy enough to speak up
In response to Sheryl Sandberg’s “ban bossy” campaign, life coach Barbara Pachter writes about how women in the business world can reaffirm their positions.