Springing Forward —–>
Spring time! Well, with the temperatures that I’ve been experiencing over the past week in these parts, it feels more like summer but I know better than to say it too loud let alone BELIEVE temperatures may not dip again...
Dodging the Office Party Pitfalls
The Christmas Party. Or, if you work for one of those politically correct companies, the “Holiday” Party. Obviously, you ought to go. This goes without saying. Sure, you may be antisocial, you may despise your co-workers or you may rather...
Career Tip | Quit like a Winner
. We all have varying personal fantasies of how we would really like to quit our jobs. Go on a mass swearing or streaking rampage perhaps, or get all kindergarden and tell everyone and their momma how we REALLY feel about their quirky, annoying...
Career | Presentation is Key
. At the risk of sounding shallow, how we package ourselves tells the world a lot about us. Now exactly what it says may or may not be a true reflection of who we are, so as it’s yapping anyways, why...
I'm right; You're wrong.
New Year. New style. New dance again. Another year, another battle with conflict resolution and effective people management. Sheesh, “Can’t we all just get along?” No matter how reasonable you are, conflict is bound to happen in the workplace. Guaranteed...
Career | Email Etiquette
Email Etiquette. Wow. I think most of my peeps have already figured this out, but I’m not a heavy ‘Forward’ reader. It’s not that I don’t enjoy reading useful tidbits, or laughing, or smiling, or saving a child, or getting...
Office Party Etiquette
Office party season y’alls. Be it a big bram or a small but sophisticated gathering, how you act in a social office setting can tell your employer and your teammates a lot about your undercover personality(ies). Resist the urge to veer too...
Career Tip: Online presence
As hard as it may be, do resist the urge to blast your boss/ colleagues/ the organization that you work for on social networking sites. Or talk about what a rotten day you had at work, and boy oh boy...
What would you do?: Human Nature
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Casual Fridays
‘Casual Fridays’, a term that is so very misleading. There is about as much ‘casual’ in ‘Casual Fridays’ as there is ‘common’ in ‘common sense’. Do you feel me? This concept must have been invented by a guy who didn’t...