Communication in the Work Place Is Paramount for All Businesses

When MBA gurus discuss business communication in the work place they are often talking about small, medium and large businesses with offices. But what if you and your family or spouse run an online business and work out of a residence? In this case you may think you can by-pass the advice of business workplace communication experts.

Workplace Communications: Seven Simple Rules for Getting Along at Work

Do you know that most people spend at least a third of their time at work? Read on to discover 7 simple communications rules to help you improve your relationships with co-workers-and raise your quality-of-life-at-work.

Conflict Resolution in the Workplace and Management Tips

Good managers and supervisors are very essential to an organization. In today's business and legal environment, it is very important to understand on how to handle employees effectively.

Email Etiquette 101 - Or What You Shouldn't Do To Annoy the Pants Off Your Recipients!

Email is for communication but some people do annoy the pants off others by not following certain rules when they email. Here are 9 ways to stop being a rude emailer!

Effective Communication: Planning Buy-in

Is your organization driven by a clear vision and strategy that is understood and supported by every person at every level?

National Culture and the Organization

In this article I will refer to culture in terms of patterns of thinking and acting. There are certainly differences in mental perception; some of them depend on the nationality. I will try to show in this article that the different national culture might affect the organization.

Conflict at Work May Be the Snake Under the Rug (Part 1 of 2)

Failure to address important conflicts at work doesn't make the conflict go away and can often intensify it or breed distrust in the work environment. This article uses a parable by Peter Senge to consider what happens when conflict goes underground.

With Opportunities and Privileges Come Responsibilities

“The greater our opportunities and privileges, the greater our responsibilities,” is a statement I have shared with sports teams, businesses, and other groups to whom I have spoken. The statement applies to team leaders as well as team members.

Fierce Conversations, Part II

In the first article on fierce conversations, we examined the fact that doing business is essentially an extended series of conversations. Conversations that are robust, thought provoking and passionate. These are what we refer to as fierce conversations. In this, the second of three articles, we focus on why listening is so important, why few of us are consistently effective listeners and what can be done to improve listening skills

Tips for Business Writing

Utilize these five business writing tips to improve your business writing, avoid disastrous emails and keep a positive image in your clients' eyes.

Cubicle Sweet Cubicle: How to Make Your Workspace More Appealing

Just about anyone who's ever worked in a cubicle would agree that they're often depressing, with their neutral color faux walls, confined space, and the general feeling of isolation that they engender. Still, there are ways to make even the blandest, smallest cubicle more appealing while maintaining a professional work environment.

Corporate Wellness - the Key to Corporate Success

What have sickness, recuperation, rest, mindset, humour, energy and diet got to do with companies? These are terms applicable in physical wellness but they are equally relevant in the context of corporate wellness.

Bring Festival Cheer To Your Office With Personalized Gifts

Get great ides on personalized gifts to give your employer or employees with the following suggestions. From holiday ornaments to personalized wine bottles, there are a host of unique gifts to give to show your appreciation for a co-worker or client.

How To Beat Office Politics

Would you believe it? In The Times of London on a management and business page there was a write up with photograph of a chap who coaches people in how to succeed at office politics. I only glanced at the article but it stayed with me.

Transforming Organizational Conflict Into Enterprise Growth

Occasional conflict is a fact of organizational life. There are a variety of reasons why it arises, many of which are normal and natural. However, left unaddressed and unmanaged, conflict will increase business risk and financial loss as well as reduce work performance quality. In circumstances of prolonged tension, employees’ vision becomes myopic and their view of the organization’s future (and their own future with the organization) becomes blurred. Shortsighted decision making and reactive defensive behaviors damage the company’s ability to achieve long-term goals. With all of these harmful ramifications of something that inevitably occurs in every organization, it behooves leaders to identify all current intrinsic environmental and behavioral factors that contribute to the periodic occurrence of disharmony. Only when you thoroughly and completely understand the systemic sources of disputes throughout your organization can you craft thorough, complete and enduring resolutions to conflicts that will at the same time strengthen the relationship bonds among all affected personnel.