Complaining at work is about as common as the bad coffee in the breakroom and the endless cycle of meetings. But what happens when a whining colleague or boss never stops? According to new research, issues such as chronic complaining damages …
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Just when I thought I’d read everything about Millennials (employees born after 1980), along comes Claire Lacroix-Bouchardie from Mercer New York. She wrote a white paper about how flighty Millennials in the workforce bear a striking resemblance to honey bees …
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As virtual work becomes more common, as we rely more and more on email to communicate with our team (and often via mobile devices!), and as we expand our use of new technologies promising increased productivity, new challenges emerge for …
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In their famous book, Getting to Yes, Roger Fisher and William Ury provided a negotiation strategy that has become standard for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in personal and professional conflicts. The model is based on five propositions, including: “Separate …
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Got stress? If you’re like 75% of other Americans, you’ve experienced moderate to high levels of stress in the past month, and often lie awake at night because of it. Trying to balance the demands of your work and family …
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Bill Boorman kindly invited me to speak at his TruLondon human resources conference here in London. I use the word “speak” loosely because Bill expressly told me not to bring a presentation. The Tru events are known for their informal …
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Change is essential and inevitable for all organizations, but some people are better at coping with it than others. Dana Brownlee is the founder of Professionalism Matters, a national corporate consulting company that trains groups to boost team productivity in …
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