Harmony in the Workplace - How to Steer Clear of Office Politics

We are often told that office politics is part and parcel of life in the workplace, but it doesn't have to be. In this article we deal with a few of the most common obstacles to harmony in the workplace and how to sidestep them.

VoIP Adapters for Small Business

Choosing a VoIP adapter for your small business or home office.

Turning Communication Roadblocks Into Breakthroughs

When you are driving down a road, you'll sometimes encounter a roadblock, which prevents you from getting to your destination. If you are unfamiliar with the area, you might get lost or go miles out of your way before you get back on track. If you lived locally, though, you would know the back roads and alternate routes to help you arrive stress-free and on-time.

You Can't Push a Pig into a Truck: Change is all about Choice

People choose to change. Leaders need to communicate the need for change in terms of how it will impact the individual and the organization. If a dialogue on why employees should change is clear and interative, people will most often choose to change. In the end, you can't force anyone to change but they will choose to change if they see it is in their interests.

VoIP Phone Systems: Are They Interesting For Small Businesses?

Until recently, VoIP PBX systems were prohibitively expensive for small businesses. Today, this technology is also available for small businesses at a fraction of the cost. Let’s have a look at the benefits of installing a VoIP system in your small business.

Workplace Stress - Could Identifying Body Language Help Reduce It?

If it is true that a picture is worth a thousand words, then our body language speaks volumes, especially in the workplace. It is what managers of large corporations and owners of small businesses fail to hear and see that often kills a business a little at a time.

Advice On Dealing With Stress In Job Interviews

Having a job interview can be an extremely stressful experience. Managing your stress levels can help you to remain focused, calm and give a better interview. This article discusses common areas of the job interview process that can cause stress and ways to manage these potential stress points.

Netiquette - Strategies to Acquire Creditability and Reputation as an Onliner - Concluding Part

For those of us who are new online, let us raise our right hands and swear: We will not forward any dumb joke, chain letter or unimportant e-mails to my friends without their permission. We realize that by doing so we may fill up their inbox, use others' resources unnecessarily, and may cause other, important e-mail to bounce. We realize that most people have already gone through these e-mails a thousand times and find them annoying. We know that by forwarding these so called humorous e-mails we may tick off people who do not share my sense of humor or who are sick of having silly e-mails forwarded to them each time a newbie hops online.

Performance Reviews Your Employees Will Love to Get

Is inflicting annual performance evaluations on your employees or direct reports part of your job description? Would you like to wake-up from this recurring workforce management nightmare? Read on to discover the secret to giving performance reviews your employees will love to get. You'll learn that it takes more than simply pumping more PRAISE into the appraisal. Here you'll discover the basics for building a foundation of corporation and mutual support.

Crisis Management Planning - What's Happening Where We Work?

Crises continue to be in our newspaper headlines and the lead stories on radio and television broadcasts. And crises continue to affect businesses in many forms and continue to occur without notice. But what's happening where we work in response to this continuing trend of crises? Are businesses preparing for crises by developing crisis management plans? Do you know if your company has a crisis management plan or a business disaster recovery plan? Do they have a crisis communication plan? The American Management Association did a survey in August & September 2005 and what that survey revealed is summarized below.

Powerful Communication Tips For Managers & Supervisors

Recently I read about a study conducted in 2001, which included approximately 20,000 exit interviews. A major finding in the study was that poor communications skills of supervisors were a leading factor in poor supervisory behavior, which caused people to leave their jobs.

The Essentials Of Business Communication

Communicating so others will listen is an invaluable skill in business and in relationships in general. We are bombarded with thousands and thousands of messages each and every day. We can't pay attention to everything, so we must learn to concentrate only on the things we think are important. Speaking and listening effectively is a science. When you learn to do them both with excellence you will have better relationships and increase your chances of business success tremendously.

Six Strategic Steps To Improve Your Emails

The number of business emails we send and receive continues to grow at an amazing pace. And from my personal experience, more and more of my clients that prefer email communications as a preferred communications mode. Email can be a very effective and efficient means of communicating. However, how many of the emails we send and receive can we honestly say are effective and efficient? And what can we do to improve our email communication?

4 Personality Types - Who Is The Most Effective

A friend of mine recently bought a fitness center franchise and she is miserable. She learned that when the center is empty she goes stir-crazy. She likes to have people around her all of the time and can't stand the quiet of the afternoon. On the other hand, my best friend is an engineer and he happily works at home alone. Some people are outgoing, some enjoy keeping to themselves and others prefer a little of both. In fact, you can classify people into four basic personality types or behavioral styles.

Exhaustion at Work – Don't Make the Same Mistake Imus Did

Exhaustion at work comes about as a result of several factors. The main reason for exhaustion at work is not enough sleep the night before. As with anything in life, our bodies need several things in order to function properly. Sleep is one of them. Deprivation of sleep can cause the sluggishness you feel during the day at work. The lack of sleep keeps you from concentrating and staying focused on the tasks you are expected to perform. Perhaps this was Don Imus' problem – exhaustion - when he 'accidentally' used those unkind words for the Rutgers Girls' Basketball team.