How to Work with People You Don’t Like
Have you ever been in a job where there’s been one or more colleagues who you simply do not get along with? We get to pick our friends, but we…
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How to Get Better Results from Your Employees
Are you finding it challenging to get better results from certain employees, even when you’ve addressed the same performance issues with them time and time again? We often view performance…
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Productivity Hacks to Keep You in the Stress-Free Zone At Work
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you have so much to do that you can't even focus long enough to figure out where you need to start?…
Are Employee Assistance Programs a Solution to Improving Employee Satisfaction at Work?
Are Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) truly effective for employees who are experiencing problems at work? Someone recently asked me if I thought that Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) are able to…
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You Might Be Doing Positive Thinking All Wrong
There has been a lot of focus in the past few years about the importance of positive thinking. Explained in its simplest terms, having a positive mindset means being able…
Why Reprimanding Employees Won’t Improve Job Performance
Reprimanding employees for weak job performance will typically have one of two possible outcomes: your employee will either rebel (i.e. not do what you are asking of them) or they’ll…
Redefining Workplace Emergencies So You Can Actually Get Your Work Done
Last minute requests used to set me off into a frenzy of activity. I would set out to meet a short deadline with an urgency that would have made you…
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This New Year Focus on Being Instead of Achieving
As we head into the new year, our social media feeds become filled with ideas and suggestions about goals or resolutions that we can pick to improve our lives or…
Letting Go of Your To Do List to be Present
Are you someone who tends to keep yourself super busy most of the time? Did you know that staying busy most of the time can be an unconscious strategy to…
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How to Survive the Holidays as an Introvert
If you’re an introvert like myself, you may have lived experiences similar to my own, where you find the holidays more draining than fun. In order to survive the holidays…
