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Workplace Insights
Workplace Insights
Avoiding Causes of Workplace Stress
Avoiding Causes of Workplace Stress Job stress continues to be the major source of stress for American adults. Stress creates emotional and physical...
How Employees Can Reduce Stress
How Employees Can Reduce Stress The good news for employees is that there are many steps we can all take to minimize stress in our own lives. These...
How to Manage Your Manager
Yes, you read this correctly. Smart employees manage their managers. What I mean is they understand how to interact and how to “work smart,” to...
Work from Home Like a Professional
Just two weeks ago, I got dressed for work, bundled up in a pullover, scarf, coat, gloves and hat. As someone who grew up in south Mississippi, I am...
Workplace Insights – New Year’s Resolutions
The fresh New Year brings with it a host of “New Year’s Resolutions.” They range from fitness goals and eating healthy to changing jobs or better...
Workplace Insights – The Challenge of Millennials
Individuals born in or after the mid-1980s are known as “millennials.” How to manage millennials in the workplace presents a challenge to the...
Workplace Insights – To Hug or Not to Hug?
Hugging in the workplace? This is an issue I dealt with when I worked in large corporations. All it takes is one, often innocent, hugger who can...
Workplace Insights – Mondayitis: A Very Common Malady
Many more of us than are willing to admit, suffer from the weekly disease of Mondayitis. We all know what it feels like. It is that sinking feeling...
Workplace Insights – Feedback: The Lost Art
Managers often complain that today’s employees are not self-motivated. My observation is that managers are often not fulfilling their roles as...