“IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT/THEN YOUR FACE WILL SURELY SHOW IT” Does your face radiate happiness when you are working? Well do you at least look satisfied?? Perception is everything. How do your coworkers and superiors perceive your contentment? Are you happy and does your face show it? Popular wisdom would have us […]
Human Resources
ODE TO CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTIES
The dreaded much anticipated holiday season at work Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer – O Holy Night!!!! Happy Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Diwali, Merry Christmas The holidays are a minefield of emotions, stresses, and demands on the budget and time of everyone this time of year. Family requirements are always a concern but even […]
TOP 3 THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE COMPLAINING AT WORK
Think before COMPLAINING – Work is a No Whine Zone! “Never tell your problems to anyone—20% don’t care and the other 80% are glad you have them. Lou Holtz Complaining on the job can be a slippery slope – addictive and resulting in one being perceived as negative, especially if there is never a presentation […]
GIFT GIVING AT THE OFFICE
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas Christmas is indeed a special time of the year – a time of anticipation and unfortunately for most of us high anxiety. The stress/anxiety of the holiday does not just revolve around family obligations but includes that area of life where so much of our waking time is spent – […]
YOU’RE FIRED!
IT’S A DIRTY JOB BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT!! THOUGHTS ON TERMINATING AN EMPLOYEE “Getting fired is nature’s way of telling you that you had the wrong job in the firstplace.” Hal Lancaster in the Wall Street Journal “You’re fired!” No other words can so easily and succinctly reduce a confident, self-assured executive to […]