Safe Workplaces – Eight Pointers to Safer Premises

The majority of businesses have premises; getting the safety of your premises right is a good place to start. Eight questions to ask yourself about safety on your premises - and some answers.

Courtesy - The Lost Art in the Workplace

Do you show enough courtesy to your co-workers? Maybe you think a co-worker is not showing enough courtesy to you? Take a look at this article for some of the more common points of contention at the workplace, and how you should handle them.

Building Loyalty By Talking

Without providing regular, safe sounding off sessions with your employees, you could be losing your employees' loyalty and possibly your employees' employment.

Challenge The Assumptions! Increase Your Effectiveness, Build Relationships and Boost Creativity

How much time and money is your organization wasting because of faulty assumptions? The world is rapidly changing. The pace of life is increasing and the pressure to respond intensifies. The world now requires people to learn and relearn, to regularly evaluate the way they work and the decisions that are made. Simply put as the world continues to become more global the cost of making assumptions goes up.

Keeping Colleagues Happy With Birthday Ecards

Sending birthday ecards to colleagues to express your friendship and care, is one of the easiest ways to show your warmth and feelings for them.

Those Difficult Conversations at Work: How to Psyche Yourself Up

What do you do when a colleague is making false accusations, talking about you behind your back, micromanaging, and/or making you look bad? If you really want to talk with her/him about it and salvage the relationship at the same time, consider these key points in preparing for the conversation.

The Office Party - It Doesn't Need To Be Dreaded!

Honestly, your Corporate Event can be great fun. We have tried to list everything that you would require to make your Work Party go with a bang - for all the right reasons!

Personality Test - Are You Liked By Your Co-workers?

You must be aware of somebody in your office that is not liked by many of you. But that person is unaware of that. No body wants to tell him/her on their face about what they don't like in that person. Are you also one such person who is not liked by some co-workers?

When You're Afraid to Talk to Your Boss

Learning to communicate effectively at work is a common challenge. It gets easier when you recognize how your own history may be creating the mis-perceptions that are blocking your success.

Communications: I Never Seem To Say It Right

The ability to effectively communicate with employees is key to the success of the manager and the organization. Clear, concise communication, delivered with understanding, honesty and often empathy, can make the difference between whether the manager’s message is received or not. When dealing with a difficult situation with an employee, whether it is a coaching session or a performance appraisal interview, the words the manager chooses and the manner in which the message is delivered make a tremendous difference.

Corporate Performance Evaluations

For many years, managers have been evaluated against standards of personal traits and work characteristics. Typical trait-rating evaluation systems may list ten to fifteen personal characteristics, such as ability to get along with people, leadership, analytical competence, judgment and initiative.

Tips To Host A Successful Teleconference

Learn how to host a successful teleconference with your business associates, partners or clients.

Automatic Positive Thoughts (APTs) Rule!

If you had a simple strategy that absolutely-positively helped you win that sale, relationship and promotion, and it took about 90 seconds daily - would you do it? Here's the proof.