Not every employee is a superstar, but everyone can provide exceptional performance. Five brilliant ways to get great things from even the most mediocre employee. Excellent employees are no guarantee a company will be great. Even with several star players, a sports team can still lose. Not everyone is a superstar! However, the secret to successContinue reading “How to Get Exceptional Things from Average Employees”
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Get Focused Now! Five Guaranteed Tips for Avoiding Distraction at Work
It is safe to say most of us are not superstar athletes, and do not have the laser-like focus to avoid all distraction at work. Five guaranteed tips the average worker can use stay productive, by avoiding distraction at work. Few of us are capable of the concentration skills to cut through the clutter of aContinue reading “Get Focused Now! Five Guaranteed Tips for Avoiding Distraction at Work”
Eight Strategies to Avoid Work Conflicts
Finding a decent job can be difficult. Keeping a decent job can also be frustrating, especially when you have to deal with work conflict from abrasive and uncooperative individuals. Work conflict is an unfortunate fact of life. You may be forced to interact with types of people where, outside of work, you would avoid like theContinue reading “Eight Strategies to Avoid Work Conflicts”
Five Personality Types Human Resources Love to Hate
We all have to put up with peccadilloes at work. Here are five personality types that drive everyone nuts! Everyone has his or her own work pet peeves. There are the “neat freaks,”and then there are those who thrive on a little disorder. A few hardy souls only drink out of their “lucky” coffee mugContinue reading “Five Personality Types Human Resources Love to Hate”
Working Families Flexibility Act: A Win for Workers?
To prove that the Congress can get things done, the House of Representatives passes the Working Families Flexibility Act. Almost as a challenge to the widespread belief that Congress cannot do anything, news came last week that something in Washington was actually agreed upon — the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013. The bill, as written, willContinue reading “Working Families Flexibility Act: A Win for Workers?”
