Are You Being a Nag?
I was having lunch with one of my mentors the other day, an extremely successful businesswoman in the HR field. She asked me who had signed up for my new 2012 partnership offering. “No one,” I said. “Why not? It’s …
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Managing the Needs of Multiple Supervisors
It’s a fact of modern work life that many of us have multiple supervisors. And even if you’re an efficient multi-tasker, you’re never going to be Superman. It’s not a good idea to sabotage your goals by taking on more …
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Why You Unconsciously Lie at Work
I just called a colleague to ask him to participate in a third-party project I was working on. I wanted him to join so that I‘d have an excuse to spend more time with him, and I found myself saying …
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4 Reasons Why Social Media Use = Great Customer Service
If you’ve bought anything in the last few years, you’ve no doubt noticed that customer service is not what it used to be. Most of us don’t dare pick up the phone because we fear hearing that dreaded phrase: “To …
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Watch Your Mouth: Office Gossip & Other No-Nos
Whenever you hear something juicy about a colleague, whether it is related to work or not, you have the immediate impulse to share it across the hall. Why? Frank T. McAndrew is a professor at Knox College in Illinois who …
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Should You Come Out at Work?
A recent Harris poll conducted with Out & Equal and Witeck-Combs Communications indicated that only 35 percent of bisexuals said that they are out to their co-workers compared to 60 percent of gay men and 62 percent of lesbians. The …
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7 Traits of Stellar Project Managers
Here at the QuickBase Blog, many of us manage large projects on a regular basis. No doubt this is one of the more complex and stressful aspects of our jobs, so I’ve asked some of the best PMs I know …
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