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Want to Be More Productive at Work? Know Your People Style

Fri, 04/19/2013 - 08:00

Co-workers are like family. Most of the time, you don’t get to choose them and there will inevitably be people around with whom you naturally clash....

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How to Automate Your Day – Part 1: Morning

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 08:00

This is the first in a three-part series on how to automate your day so that you have more time for the important things, stay at the top of your...

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4 Tips on Handling Co-Worker Sabotage

Wed, 04/17/2013 - 08:00

One of my friends told me about how her co-worker got her in trouble at work for texting on the job. As a result, her manager told her not to text at...

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How Can I Develop Employees Who Can’t Be Promoted?

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 08:00

A reader asks: I work at a relatively small organization (40-50 employees) that recently expanded from having two levels of management...

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Project Management 101: Lessons from the Titanic

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 08:00

101 years ago today, the Titanic failed to reach its final destination. There are many lessons this disaster can teach us about project management,...

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Develop Your Soft Skills For Workplace Success

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 08:00

Soft skills, including interpersonal communication and conflict resolutions, are becoming increasingly important in the workplace. In a study by...

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Interview: Dealing with Complainers Who Sap Workplace Productivity

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 08:00

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...

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How Millennials Are Like Wild Bees

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 08:00

Just when I thought I’d read everything about Millennials (employees born after 1980), along comes Claire Lacroix-Bouchardie from Mercer New York. ...

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The Best Work Advice I Ever Received – Reader Top 10 List

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 08:00

I recently asked readers to share the best advice they’ve ever received about how to succeed at work. Here are my favorite tips from readers about...

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Five Ways to Build an Effective Team

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 08:00

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...

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How to Get Past No – 5 Steps to a Breakthrough Negotiation

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 08:00

In their famous book, Getting to Yes, Roger Fisher and William Ury provided a negotiation strategy that has become standard for coming to mutually...

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QuickBase Webinar Q&A – Leading Change with IT Systems Manager Eric Alter

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 07:30

On Tuesday, March 26, we held our very first customer webinar, “Leading Change: How Information Systems Manager Eric Alter Strengthened Key...

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How to be More Productive Under Stress

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 08:00

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...

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Do You Talk At People or With People?

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 08:00

Bill Boorman kindly invited me to speak at his TruLondon human resources conference here in London. I use the word “speak” loosely because Bill...

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360 Answers: I Stepped Down From a Promotion And Now My Boss Hates Me

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 08:00

Each of our workplace experts has weighed in on the following question from a reader to give you four points of view. For other editions of our 360°...

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10 Tips for Better Email Etiquette

Mon, 04/01/2013 - 08:00

Email is the primary method of communication in the workplace and an integral part of our lives. Pew Internet research suggests that about 62% of all...

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6 Types of Change Resisters That Are Holding Back Progress

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 08:00

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...

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How to Delegate Work Effectively

Thu, 03/28/2013 - 08:00

Delegating is a skill that is somewhat difficult to develop at first. After all, most of us have become successful by working hard, working even...

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Workplace Confidential: Real Gender Differences in Communication

Wed, 03/27/2013 - 08:00

Remember Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus? Romantic relationships are one thing, but no one talks much about how Mars and Venus fare at...

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5 Tips to Make Sales Work For You

Wed, 03/27/2013 - 07:30

Back in November, I wrote a piece about how we are all in sales to some degree. Even if you’re not selling a product to an outsider, chances are you...

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