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Gossip is everywhere and the workplace is no different. This type of talk is usually born out of maliciousness. It doesn’t belong in a place of employment. There are many problems caused by gossip in the workplace.
Here are a few examples of what can occur as the result of whispering
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As the nation’s economy continues to decline, more people are losing their jobs and jobs are becoming more and more scarce. Some organizations are capitalizing on the situation by lowering their standards for the treatment of their employees. After all, they are the “only game in town” and it
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Regardless of what your boss does, there are things you can do to take care of yourself and deal with the situation realistically. Think about the following ideas the next time you find yourself feeling exasperated by a troublesome boss:
1. It’s not about you. People behave the way
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If you and your boss aren’t exactly the best of friends, here are five ways to be more social.
1- Ask About His FamilyEveryone likes to believe that others pay attention to what they say, so start learning about your boss’ family when he mentions them. You can be more
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Everywhere you turn these days you are bound to hear the term “paperless” or “going paperless”. In an effort to save money and save the environment green businesses are following suit and campaigning their paperless efforts. While printing less paper has tremendous effects on the environment,
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Dr. Bertice Berry, sociologist and author calls them “internal terrorists.” “Workplace bullies”, Berry says, “are people who don’t understand their own purpose or potential, and because they don’t, they try to destroy the purpose and potential of someone else. They would make things wrong to prove that they are
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It’s a small world. Now it is becoming smaller. Especially the professional side of it. Technology is engineering a new small world in a small web where zillions of people collaborate across time, space, and organizational boundaries. There is a whole
new workforce lingo. There are geographically dispersed teams and virtual
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For the most part, being dedicated to anything is considered admirable in society. This becomes even more true when the dedication is to family or benevolent works. Decades ago, the dedicated employee was considered the cream of the crop as employees go.
This person had a great work ethic,
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Right before I retired from the restaurant business, I started having panic attacks. They only time I would have them was in my car while I was on my way to work. If any of you have ever had a panic attack, you know that having one in your car
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There’s no question that writing an end-of-year employee reviews is one of those tasks (along with doing a presentation or firing someone) that most people in the corporate would probably want to avoid.
Unfortunately, the practice of writing these reports is extremely widespread in companies of every size and field—becoming
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