Tag: Office Life
5 Ways to Find Motivation at Work
Are you sleepwalking through your workday? You’re not alone. Studies show that scores of employees aren’t actively engaged at work for a variety of reasons, which results in poor productivity and a sinking bottom line. The ownership of employee engagement typically starts at the top. Executive leadership and management shouldRead More
How to Find Work-Life Balance with Moderation
Almost everything from coffee, red wine and even desserts can be good for us, if we indulge in moderation. Moderation, or the act of being balanced mentally and emotionally at work, can also bring us great results. Working day and night may bring great financial rewards and career success, butRead More
How to Deal with Conflict
There will always be conflict at work. It can range from petty squabbles to major disagreements. Sometimes this conflict boils over into angry words or worse. These situations have the potential to damage relationships, your professional growth, even your job. In order to avoid that, here are five tips for how toRead More
Trends: Office of the Future
In the last 50 years there have been dramatic changes in how working space has been provided to employees. Once, almost everybody who was somebody had an office and almost all of them had windows. Eventually this was winnowed down to open space design and cubicles. Now it appears weRead More
5 Workplace Trends to Watch
There are always new trends and themes that emerge in the workplace every year. The most successful people catch onto these trends and ride them to even greater success. Of course, not every office trend may apply to your situation, but that doesn’t mean they won’t in the future. ItRead More
5 Ways to Make Office Life Easier for Introverts
I remember my first experience working in cubicle-land: radio playing in the cubicle next to me, constant hum of voices interrupted occasionally by the sounds of a teleconference blasting over a less-than-considerate colleague’s phone, bursts of laughter, high-energy discussions. The manager was an extrovert who did not think twice aboutRead More
3 Biggest Career-Killers and How to Handle Them
In folklore, the hob (short for hobgoblin) is a grotesque little creature that exists for the sole purpose of making trouble for human beings. In our world, the hob is that annoying inner critic who always seems to find merciless new ways to say, “Here’s why you suck.” Now, ofRead More
3 Lessons to Stay Away from Office Politics for Recent Graduates
So you’re new to this thing called the working world, and although you may know the general rules as stipulated in a company handbook, and you know that you should dress well and be on time, you might not know too much about office politics. No matter how free ofRead More