Browsing tagged Workplace
Workplace valentine?
14/02/2010 · Leave a commentThinking about using the opportunity of Valentine’s Day to plunge into a new realationship at work?
Tut-tut! Not finger-wagging, just a suggestion to look before you leap. Sound advice, even if you don’t take it.
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What do you think?
8/02/2010 · Leave a commentWelcome to my new website, it went live on 5th February. I have added more information and functionality. What do you think? I’d like your opinion. Does the site work? Is anything missing? Please leave a comment.
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Quick reference guide – bullying
6/02/2010 · Leave a commentBullying and harassment are pernicious and highly damaging. Many managers are unsure of how to deal with these behaviours, and victims quite often fail to recognise or report incidents. This quick reference guide will help you identify bullying and suggests some initial courses of action for dealing with it.
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Leadership and relationships
19/01/2010 · Leave a commentThe much-published ideas on leadership have come under scrutiny in a new study which distinguishes truly exceptional leadership from run-of-the mill management-speak. The research, by the Work Foundation, identifies three principles of outstanding leadership coupled with nine themes that exceptional leaders adhere to.
It adds some surprising insights with practical applications.
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Sticks and stones
15/01/2010 · Leave a commentAlthough it only makes the news where physical attack is involved, staff in the care sector are at high risk from verbal attack when at work. These incidents are widely under reported, yet they result in anxiety, stress and even trauma and depression for people subjected to such attacks. This article explains how employers can take steps to protect their staff.
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Swearing at work
15/01/2010 · Leave a commentThere was a time when the boundary between work and social life was clearly defined and only in extreme cases did anyone need to be reprimanded or corrected about inappropriate behaviour like swearing, shouting, insults or open sexual innuendo. But not any more. New research shows that what was once taboo at work might now be becoming acceptable.
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Bullying and Harassment; climate control
15/01/2010 · Leave a commentIn the minds of many senior executives bullying and harassment are problems that exist in other organisations but not their own. If they think about it at all, such matters are the province of the HR department. This being so, only rarely do they reach the ears of top management and never the boardroom agenda.
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Reducing the fear of workplace bullying
15/01/2010 · Leave a commentA certain amount of banter and even more robust exchanges are a natural part of workplace lore. But this can get out of hand and causes harm where none was intended. Whether incidental or intentional bullying does untold harm and much of it goes undetected, often because managers are unsure about what actually constitutes bullying. and what to do about it.
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How to handle difficult people
15/01/2010 · Leave a commentWe all meet people who appear to persistently use tactics we find difficult to get their own way, those who routinely act in a way that causes upset or inconvenience to others. It may be that they shout, throw tantrums, threaten or intimidate us, or it may be something less obvious and more manipulative. Whatever it is you can learn how to work round it and thwart the behaviour.
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Expletive deletive
19/12/2009 · Leave a commentSwearing has lost some of its taboo; we swear more, and more publicly. Now we have research that positively promotes swearing at work and says this can benefit staff and their employers.
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