Do you have a coworker who is disorganized? A coworker who constantly has a negative attitude? Every workplace has them; challenging colleagues. Whether these people just get on your nerves or they are having an effect on your productivity, learning how to deal with challenging people takes skill.The average full-time employee spends more time at… Read More
Author: Pamela McCafferty
5 Ways to Become a More Effective Boss
Being a good boss is never easy. Every employee is unique and will have different work ethics. To succeed at your job, you have to make sure that your team is running smoothly and everyone is happy. To be a better boss, you have to work on making your employees feel valued and give them… Read More
5 Resolutions for 2015 Work Successes
2014 came and went. Now it is the start of a new year which means new goals for you and your business. Think about how 2014 was for you professionally. Did you achieve your work goal, were you successful? If yes, stay on track and create greater goals and objectives. If not, now is a… Read More
Avoid Holiday Stress
It is officially the most wonderful time of year! With the holidays approaching fast, your personal life starts to get a little crazy. Add in a busy work schedule and it makes you want to crawl under your bed and hide until the New Year’s start. Don’t let the stress of the holidays affect you… Read More
Pros and Cons of Offering Flex Time
Standard companies have their employees work from nine to five, Monday through Friday, 52 weeks a year. We have gotten so accustom to this pattern that it is now the norm. We can wake up without an alarm clock, we have traffic timed out so we know when to leave our houses by to make… Read More
Staying Fit While Working
You spend 8 hours or more a day at work in front of your computer eating whatever you can get our hands on and not properly getting exercising. This has an impact on your health whether you know it or not, and the lack of free time keeps you from going to the gym on… Read More
4 Tips for Managing Multiple Supervisors
It is very likely now-a-days for someone to report to more than one supervisor. Learning how to handle multiple supervisors is an essential skill in today’s complex business world. If confronted with this type of situation, it is important to ensure that each of your supervisors understands that you have multiple reporting responsibilities to help… Read More
How to Handle Workplace Criticism
You just finished a difficult project that you spend countless hours working on, skipped happy hours with coworkers and pushed other projects aside to make this project your shining moment. You are about to head home when your boss is turning the corner and is giving you a list of things that he or she… Read More
Tips to Leave ‘Work’ at Work
It is 5:30 p.m. and you just got home, changed out of your work clothes, had dinner with your family and finally settled in on the couch to watch some TV and relax. But out of the corner of your eye you see your email icon blinking on your phone. You try and ignore it… Read More
How Often to Post to Social Media Sites
Getting your business set up on social media sites is a free and excellent way to grow your business and gain new customers. But how often should you post to Facebook, Twitter, etc.? Does it change based on which social network site you are using? Is there a magical number? As with many things in… Read More
Seven Tips for Successful Email Marketing
Developing email marketing campaigns can be stressful. You spent long periods of time designing an email, proofed every word for hours and spent days coming up with the best subject line you could think of. Now once the email goes out, you look at your analytics report and notice that the open rate isn’t what… Read More
5 Qualities That Make a Great Leader
Leadership — (noun) The action of leading a group of people or an organization. Leadership is an important component when running a business or a team. Leaders are responsible for organizing and inspiring their teams to work hard, stay motivated and to keep on track. But how do you do this and what qualities should… Read More