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on August 13, 2010
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, Personal Development
on July 20, 2010
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Lars Plougmann
Take a look at the following suggestions experts give about how we can thrive better at the workplace:
1. Always say "yes" to your boss, but hold off requests from others.
When your boss asks you to do anything that is work-related, always say yes. However, if it's a co-worker, a client, or someone else and you're not sure you can commit time to it, then hold them off. What you can do for all these other people is say that you'll get back to them later. Then ask your boss if this is something high on his or her priority list. That way, you don't end up over committing yourself and you still make you and your boss happier.
2. Think of yourself positively.
List down what everything accomplish and learn every day at your job. Then congratulate yourself for a job well done. This can be very helpful especially when you are dealing with a rotten boss.
3. Spend a little time outside the office.
Try going for a short walk during your morning and afternoon breaks. It helps control your moods
4. Know your work goals.
Why are you doing your job? How is it helping you or other people? Make sure you can answer these questions and keep those answers in mind as you do even the job you hate the most.
5. Have a few objects of pleasure around you at work.
Surround yourself with small objects that make you smile. Maybe a picture of your family. Or a small book of jokes. Or a toy that makes a silly sound.
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Operations
, Trends
on July 19, 2010
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hugochisholm
Here are some work place trends we all would rather live without:
Having to appear busy. Do we really have to appear stressed out at work? Can't we get appreciated at work if we don't look like we're overwhelmed? Wouldn't it be nice if we can just show our real worth by simply doing well and being efficient in our jobs?
Having open cubicles. Gone is the privacy at work. Everything you say and do will be heard and seen now.
Colleagues become clueless about each other. Our coworker becomes inconsiderate, talking so loudly while on personal calls.
Overemphasis on jargon and inappropriate clichés. People use terms like value-add, brain-dump, and incentivize.
The dreaded company potluck. Companies no longer pay for social gatherings among employees. We now all have to bring in food for potlucks. And there's never enough room in the fridge to cram it in. And then you have to stand in line and heat it up in a 10-by-10-inch microwave.
The company restaurant lunch. Those businesses that can still pay for occasional lunches for a select group of employees don't make them easy to swallow. Your boss takes you to an upscale chain restaurant at the dead end of a mall. Then you sit around feeling like you're at a wake, but no one talks. No one says anything even slightly controversial, or personal.
Doing personal hygiene publicly. You get hit by flying fingernails while a colleague clips away. Then another applies deodorant while chatting with coworkers.
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, Personal Development
on July 18, 2010
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Poldavo (Alex)
1. Keep it confidential. You may have access to sensitive info and conversations at work and it will be to your advantage to keep them confidential at all times. Know when to respect privileged information, and if you have to break confidence, try to keep it to appropriate authorities.
2. Never gossip about your superiors. Don't share gossip about or with your boss or their bosses. It simply earns you no points to talk about them.
3. Keep it positive. Be careful what you talk about and talk about the negatives only in extreme cases.
4. Calculate the risks involved. Make sure you are in a confidential situation when you talk about people at work. Better yet, ask yourself first if what you are about to say can be mentioned in a conference room. If not, better keep things to yourself.
5. Have boundaries. Keep personal information out of the office and don't go prying into personal data from your colleagues as well.
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Organization
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on July 8, 2010
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Horasis
How do you project a better image to your employer? Consider the following tips:
1.) Come in early at least once a week. Make it a point to be in the office before your boss gets there on that designated day. In fact, if you can... be there before everyone else gets there.
2.) Be the last one to leave at least once a week. As in the first tip, always try to increase your visibility to your boss by staying in the office longer than anyone else. Just make sure that when you do this, you really are doing your job and not just pretending to do so.
3.) Make sure you appear busy. Never, ever make it appear to your boss that you are not doing anything in the office. Again, be honest...really do your job.
4.) Make sure you are actually busy. You are paid to work. Make sure you are actually doing work when you are in the office.
5.) Learn new skills. Especially if you have been working in the same company for a long period of time, you always want to give employers reasons to keep you on board. Remember that many younger people will be able to do the same job you are doing for significantly less money. By adding new skills to those you already have, you are able to prevent your boss from hiring someone fresher to take your place.
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