Doing more with less has become a mantra for countless companies trying to cope with the recession. Consequently, new demands are being placed on employees. In order to survive, change [...]
Multiple workplace studies have found that one of the biggest reasons people leave their jobs is that a coworker has annoyed them out of the workplace. Today with a challenged [...]
Does the thought of receiving feedback immediately make your palms sweat? How do you feel about providing feedback to your team? Are you afraid of being seen as the bad [...]
Do you tense up when you hear the word, feedback? Receiving feedback or criticism can bring out many unexpected emotions. When it's good, we accept it without question. When it's [...]
When was the last time you mentally finished someone's sentence while he or she was still saying it? Did you guess correctly? When you do, you feel clairvoyant. But when [...]
In the time it takes you to read this, you could have made a bad first impression on someone. Studies have found that we made a positive or negative decision [...]
Amateurish pitches hurt everyone's sales prospects. Cold calls are an important tool for companies getting their product or service into new markets. But when they are done wrong, you feel [...]
A neglected customer often becomes a former customer. Imagine that you see yourself in the mirror one morning and decide it is time to start going to a gym. You [...]
When it comes to increasing the productivity of your team, you need to stop thinking of people like they are balloons. This problem is often seen when busy team members [...]
With Thanksgiving and the end of the year fast approaching, I thought it would be good to talk about productivity turkeys. These are little problems that have a big impact [...]