Browsing tagged Workplace
Conflict in the workplace
24/03/2011 · Leave a commentConflict is obviously costly in financial terms, but more important is the cost to morale, working relationships and personal well-being. Conflict causes misery and burns up energy that would otherwise used productively for work. But it doesn’t have to be like this. If you are involved in a dispute at work (or elsewhere) here are some things you can do to start to resolve it.
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How to bounce back
20/01/2011 · Leave a commentDespite the gloom and the pressures individuals can do something for themselves. Survival at work – or anywhere else for that matter – relies on personal attributes like the ability to self-manage and to find a sense of purpose out of apparent chaos and disorder.
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New training titles
5/11/2010 · Leave a commentTraining linked to staff development improves performance, supports staff and meets organisational needs. Requests for training titles seem to go in waves or trends. Here are three topics for managers and staff that have been updated in response to recent, increased demand.
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Newsletter Relaunch
22/10/2010 · Leave a commentMy newsletter is being relaunched using a new distribution method after an extensive redesign over the summer months (techy stuff). There is a list of topics waiting to be discussed and you’ll notice that news will be more regular, more thought-provoking and as useful as ever. it would also help if you could suggest ideas or workplace subjects you’d like to see covered. Tell your friends and colleagues, and get them to sign up too.
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Trust at work
14/10/2010 · Leave a commentIn difficult economic times the relationship between employees and employers is often tested. Trust suffers and staff turnover increases. But it need not be so. Creating an ethical company is low cost and high-reward.
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Feel better and do more
6/09/2010 · Leave a commentIn these pressured times how to get more done and enjoy it more seems like a tall order, but it is entirely possible. Being able to function well in times of high demand depends on our levels of resilience. Start today by doing one simple thing.
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Swearing at work – again!
17/03/2010 · Leave a commentSwearing is in the news again but if anyone thinks this is permission to let bad language turn the air blue at work, think again. Tolerating more swearing doesn’t mean that we think it is acceptable.
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Accusations of bullying may be wrong
28/02/2010 · Leave a commentNobody wins when accusations of bullying are based on a misunderstanding of what the term means.
Knee-jerk reactions based on misuse of the term do harm and conceal genuine cases of bullying.
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Bullying helpline closes
24/02/2010 · Leave a commentThe National Bullying Helpline has suspended services temporarily and announced that it is considering its future after it went public and said “three or four” Downing Street employees had called its helpline.
The HSE, in its study Bullying at work: a review of the literature, says that there are over the half a million cases of work-related stress reported each year in the UK and that, on average, each case results in 29 working days lost. Bullying is the cause of 10-20% of this, the report estimates.
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Workplace mediation
15/02/2010 · Leave a commentThe media love to remind us of the ubiquity of conflict. Stories of war, high-profile divorce, religious clashes, strikes and workplace disputes are some, and popular entertainment carries the theme into our daily lives. Conflict sells, so it was a surprise to find that the Guardian had published an article on workplace mediation in the Guardian.
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