Gossip - A Form of Workplace Violence

To many folks, the idea of “workplace violence” connotes the physical harm that one may do to another. However, there is another form of workplace violence that is as dangerous and insidious, and this is workplace gossip.

Office Chairs The Options Are Endless

Are you a truly traditional kind of person of is the modern style more your thing? This is something to ask your self when shopping for your office chair. With all of the options out there, it is easy to find something to suit your tastes perfectly. Most people know that your office environment and workspace is a direct reflection on yourself as a worker or employer and each touch is important. Your office chair can really make a statement, and it should.

Give a 'Pat-on-the-Back' For a Job Well Done

How can I praise others? See their ACTIONS as positive? Give a 'pat-on-the-back' for a job welldone. Become the Encourager - praise when due - be positive - then write down what happens as a result of your NEW attitude as a business cheerleader in your company.

Drama at Work Hampers Productivity

The business owner just wishes the employees would shut up and do the work. The employee just wishes the business owner would understand. Drama. It's everywhere in the work place. The problem is, no one recognizes his or her own part in creating the drama. Dr. Karpman's Drama Triangle is a model that helps teams solve inter-office conflict and helps the individual determine what role is being played out- victim,rescuer or persecutor. Drama hampers productivity, drains your energy and takes you out of your power. Drama keeps you stirred up, immobilized, upset, unhappy and otherwise dysfunctional. This spells trouble for business. Learn more about the Drama Triangle and how to identify unproductive patterns.

Employee Communication Surveys: Seven Tips For Successful Design and Implementation

Surveying employees is an effective first step in fixing communication problems in an organization. Even if there are no obvious problems, surveys can help get an organization to the next level of performance. Here are seven useful tips for getting the most impact from your next communication survey.

If You Hear Something In Your Performance Review That Surprises You, I Haven't Done My Job!

Annual performance reviews are often stressful for both the manager giving the review and the employee on the receiving end. Do you want to create real accountability for yourself and for your company? Then tell your employees something like this.

Employee Communication: The Secret to Business Success

Business surveys consistently show us that poor workplace communication is a major source of employee dissatisfaction. The repercussions of this include not just low employee morale. Employee productivity suffers, along with a range of other business performance indicators. Are you looking in the right places in fixing your organization’s communication problems?

Criminal Background Check Get it Quickly Online

How often have you been searching for a phone number or address and seen an advertisement for a criminal background check?

No One Ever Tells Us/No One Ever Asks Us

The Seattle Sonics, a National Basketball Association team, are having problems. This is nothing new for the Sonics, nor for many professional teams. The same could be said for many businesses. The actual problem is universal.

Are Smileys Appropriate in Professional Emails?

When email first began, users discovered a problem. Concise statements and words on a computer monitor didn't communicate emotion or intent very well...

Decorating Your Workplace with Tropical Office Furniture

Bring the tropical flair of the islands to your own home office or workplace. Tips to selecting Caribbean Office Furniture, Tropical Computer Armoires, and more.

Stories and Storytelling are Good for Business

How do we convince the business world that a good story holds more power and is more memorable than hearing and/or reading a descriptive paragraph that relates to an accomplishment, a procedure, a product, etc.? This became so evident recently when I was part of a committee judging nominations for the Regional Company and/or Organization with the Best IT (Information Technology) Training Program.

Thinking Through Problem Solving

Problems lurk everywhere: under that stack of papers on your desk, in the unreturned phone call, within the carelessly worded email zipped off before its writer begins a long afternoon commute. Valarie Washington will teach you to diffuse potential problem bombs by thinking differently about problem solving.

Communication is Needed at Each and Every Level

Communication means exchange of information and ideas. It acts as the nervous system of any business organization, which means transmitting data from one organisation to another, one person to another or a combination of both. It is a two-way process.