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Psychological Power is the ability people have to disguise what they really want from you when they are attempting to persuade or influence you. Psychological Power is based on the ability to alter an individual's perception of reality. This power (like most power) can obviously be used dishonestly.Read more…
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Oftentimes in business dealings we are faced with unsavory situations with clients and peers. These can prove to be destructive or, if handled well, can actually strengthen our relationships. In this article I share some helpful tips and techniques I have learned.Read more…
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Recently a friend of mine, who is also a member of an active discussion group to which I belong, asked us all for advice. He had a contract for a three-week school program for which he planned to take off time from his regular employment. What he hadn't known at the time the three-week commitment was made was that he would be receiving a promotion in the company of his regular employ that would not only mean a better income for him and his family, but also many more hours of work and no chance of being able to take off three weeks.Read more…
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REASONS TO CREATE HEALTHY BOUNDARIES1. Boundaries help you define who are and who you are not.2. You need boundaries in order to be, and to be you.Read more…
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There are plenty of reasons for office sex with colleagues and co-workers. Mostly, it’s just physical attraction but it could also be sleeping with the boss to move up the career ladder; it could be two single couples or it could be an extramarital affair. But, whatever the reason, with or without a formal human resources guideline, it's wrong.Read more…
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How can we think about language as we use it in business so that we can use it more effectively?First, let's consider the purpose of our language acts in business. Without attempting to make an exhaustive list, we might notice that we use language to:-- make an offer (advertise, market, invite).Read more…
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I personally struggle with the term “managing people”, because I firmly believe that people cannot be managed – only processes and systems can. How many times have you heard it said – “Why won’t my employees just do as they are asked?”Despite all our best efforts at “managing”, we have very little control over other people’s actions, including the people that work with or for us.Read more…
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Time is so valuable. It’s what we cherish and crave most, yet what we seem to have the least of. No one would argue how important time is; yet we are quite careless in how we use and abuse it.Read more…
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Energy Safe Victoria the regulator for electrical and gas safety in Victoria, has not placed any specific regulations on electrical test and tagging. However, that under the Victorian Occupational Health and Safety Act (2004) employers have a legal liability to provide and sustain a safe working environment which is without risks to employees’ health. This means identifying any dangers related with electrical equipment in a workplace.Read more…
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Every employee may have one grievance - an impossible or eccentric boss! They have, somehow, become common factors in grumbling employees’ lives. But dealing with them is a professional necessity and it is essential to understand that although they have a common thread joining them together, there are different specialty traits to their eccentric natures.Read more…
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Employee stock options (ESOs) signify contracts between a company and its employees, which give employees the right to buy (exercise) a specific number of the company’s shares at a fixed price (the grant, strike, or exercise price) within a certain period of time (the ""exercise"" period). Both public and private companies utilize ESO schemes. Employees who purchase stock options expect to profit by exercising their options at a higher price than that at the time they were granted.Read more…
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Employee surveys are an ideal way to understand the feelings of employees. They help to feel the pulse of the employees, which can determine the cause of several problems like high absenteeism, high turnover, organizational conflict, disputes, and high employee dissatisfaction. These, in turn, would help to determine the steps that have to be undertaken to reduce the incidence of such issues, as well as to improve employee morale and productivity.Read more…
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Employee time clock software is a part of the time clock software and provides the ultimate way to control the efficiency of employee hours worked.This software helps to do away with the conventional paper time cards. These time clocks automatically calculate employee hours, overtime and off-time pay, in an easy-to-use system to manage hourly labor.Read more…
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Every year, the Treasury Department of America restores around 800,000 checks that have been lost, stolen or damaged in transit. Now, for instance, the federal government gives social security, veteran’s benefits and other federal payments electronically, otherwise called direct deposit, although one could still be given federal payments by check. Additionally, many companies offer direct deposit of late.Read more…
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Using the skills, strategies, and smarts of lawyers, you’ll be able to more effectively coach your employees to optimal performance. Here are 4 great tips to help you give constructive feedback in such a way that you motivate positive and productive performance...1. Give evidence of performance to employee.Read more…
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One of the many challenges we face when working is maintaining our PMA-Positive Mental Attitude. This one factor an make or break our day, and often does. How many times have you got up on a cold cloudy morning and just decided, “I’m not going to have a good day?Read more…
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With the steady rise in fuel prices here in the United States there has been a dramatic increase in people looking for ways to work from home.Telecommuting is one option that employees, and employers are starting to take a real hard look at. Gas prices are not the only reason people are looking to do all or part of their work from home.Read more…
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Conflict is inevitable in business and relationships. How you manage it determines its impact on your company, yourself and your employees. At a recent Leadership Day in Frederick, Maryland, we asked an audience of 80, “how many of you experience conflict at work?Read more…
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Recent incarnations of The Apprentice featured some very unusual people. While I’m sure they were chosen to spice up the show, none of them seemed to possess the skills or expertise needed to compete on that level. If the show was supposed to be all about people vying for a mega-management position with the Trump Organization, these were candidates with the wrong stuff for that much-coveted spot.Read more…
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“Hello, Darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk to you again . .Read more…
