Tag: Communication
7 Reasons You Should Sign Up On Facebook
I worked in a bakery where the owner was a self-professed technophobe. He didn’t have a cell phone, rarely used email and if someone brought up Facebook, he shuddered at the thought of using something he considered to “contribute to the downfall of society”. He just didn’t see what aRead More
3 Steps to Follow Your Passion
Despite high unemployment, bad housing numbers, and near nuclear meltdowns, more and more people are leaving their day jobs to pursue their passion. Take my friend Dan, who left a comfy 9 to 5 to pursue his dream of becoming a Bikram Yoga instructor and is currently travelling the countryRead More
How to Succeed at a Job Interview
When confronted with the scrutiny of selection interviews, many of us feel threatened, embarrassed, uptight, overwhelmed by emotion and totally uncomfortable. It’s not easy to accept a perfect stranger dig intrusively in the world of your experience, aspirations and dreams, even if it’s meant to be just a neuter discussionRead More
Happy Employees: How to Create Them
It’s expensive to train employees but it’s even more so to lose one. Figures don’t lie. Although employee turnover in the US is at a low 1.4 percent, the fact remains that the cost of losing an employee may cost a company 25 to 250 percent of his annual income.Read More
Perception – Key to Inner Peace
I’ve come to believe our perception at work and life in general carries a great deal of importance. Many years ago while striving to climb the “corporate ladder to success”, my boss asked me to meet with him privately, in a very serious, foreboding tone of voice. I immediately scouredRead More
How to Deal with Organizational Change
As a professional writer, I value the input of editors whom I trust. When I get a good editor who knows my work, I usually do my best to keep him or her happy. I try to build a great professional relationship with my editors, and I do my bestRead More
7 Ways to an Effective Team Meeting
The top management has just assigned a very important project to your department. You eagerly gather your team and show them what the management wants. Your teammates share their opinions, brainstorm on ideas, laugh a little, and tell stories on their personal lives. After two hours, you adjourn the meeting,Read More