Today is Women's Equality Day. Rather than writing about how much inequality there is in the business world, I refer you to my post celebrating a significant achievement by two young women. There comes a time when we have to stop complaining and just do some very hard work.
Category Profession + Career
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Secrets Behind 80-hour Work Weeks Revealed
Over the past 10-15 years, several troublesome themes have emerged in the workplace. Among these is the assumption that professional workers (high earners) are expected to regularly work more than 40 hours in a work week. In some professions, like attorneys and accountants, there are certain times that naturally require more than 40 hours of work. For example, when ...
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Six communication bloopers to avoid at work
Good communication skills are key to success in all arenas of our lives. Making verbal mistakes can be costly to careers and businesses. Fellow blogger Nicole Mormann wrote a blog post at Lifehack.org outlining six verbal bloopers to avoid at work. SIX BLUNDERS TO SIDESTEP AT WORK Curse Words "I'm busy right now" Your nightlife escapades "That's not possible" Gossip Negative Thougts You Should ...
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Tips for managing work relationships to win office politics
Workplace #politics Workplace politics, (#office politics or organizational politics) is the use of power and social networking within an organization to achieve changes that benefit the organization or individuals within it.... Over the past two weeks I have had two separate conversations with a cople of fine managers. Surprisingly, both colleagues bemoaned that office politics and managing workplace relationships are ...
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Don’t hurt your office communication while you’re on vacation
When I plan on being away from the office either on vacation, attending a conference or any event that would keep me away from my office communication for more than one business day, there are two important items on my To Do list for the afternoon of my departure. These items are: to record a new ...
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Are you better off than the workers at Downton Abbey?
I recently viewed this thought-provoking video in which Brett Arends, American writer and journalist, compared and contrasted today’s work conditions with that of 20th century workers. He focused on US workers and used the world of Daisy Mason, the assistant cook at Downton Abbey, as the point of comparison. He concludes that Daisy is better ...