Identify the Talk that Hinders Workflow An efficient workplace comes from a number of good practices, and one that is critical is good communication. When efficiency is declining in a business, there is a tendency to shy away from communication and focus instead on the hard facts of numbers, statistics and rates. This attention to Read the full article…

Teenage-like behaviour may be sabotaging your organization Doesn’t everyone hope that high school behaviour ends at graduation? Unfortunately, some people’s emotions don’t advance beyond those teen years and those individuals continue to crave a sense of inclusion that comes from gossip. The mean girls who snub others and the boys who talk about their dates Read the full article…

Signs that Leaders Create More Communication Challenges than they Solve. Workplaces, no matter how harmonious, are filled with people of varying beliefs, opinions and points of view. Even when employees like each other and get along well, difficult conversations will come up between them, but how these conversations are handled makes all the difference to Read the full article…

Key questions to assess interaction challenges and identify offenders Workplaces are filled with diverse groups of people with equally diverse communication styles. It’s no wonder there are so many personal interaction issues in the average organization, but how a company deals with them is what matters. Given people’s different styles, tendencies and habits, communication issues Read the full article…

Understand the signs and costs of unmanaged conflict Conflict is natural among human beings and is a common aspect of interaction because no two people think the same way. Unfortunately, unmanaged conflict often ends up unresolved and in the workplace this can be both costly and damaging to the business. Knowing that conflict is bound Read the full article…

Don’t be the manager pushing employees out the door All bosses – the good, the bad and the ugly, have unique opportunities to impact the lives and careers of employees. This can be positive or negative. On the positive side, bosses can enhance skills, make daily work more pleasurable and may even find themselves the Read the full article…