Category: Communication

  • How to be productive in a chaotic environment

    By Damon Brown | March 14, 2018 Being focused, creative and productive in your ideal work environment can be easy. Unfortunately, much of our environment is out of our control. Open-air offices and public areas are clearly a mixed bag, but even working from home or on the road can bring its own challenges. If you find yourself…

  • Take it down a notch: How to spot and diffuse workplace stress

    By Jeanne Reynolds | April 18, 2018 If only our co-workers were more like cartoon characters (well, some are, but that’s a story for another day). It would be easy to see who’s stressed to the max and about to blow: the wide glassy stare, hair and clothes in knots, maybe some smoke rising from the brain. Outside…

  • Disruptive Behaviors: Is Your Company Enabling A Hostile Work Environment?

    By: Margaret Wood 4/18/2018 Encouraging employees to work as a team, improving productivity, employee morale and promoting the basic doctrines  of civility and respect all trickle down to the bottom line: increased customer satisfaction. Unfortunately, when employees conduct themselves in disruptive or  inappropriate behaviors, your goals may be difficult to achieve.  These types of behavior…

  • Why Silence at Work Can Sabotage Team Camaraderie

    It’s better to break the silence than to let the silence break you. By Help Scout@helpscout By Gregory Ciotti, marketing at Help Scout Silence can seep throughout an organization, sabotaging motivation, enthusiasm, and camaraderie. Hard language, harsh reality. If you don’t agree, it’s because you haven’t felt it looming. Silence allows small setbacks to snowball into bigger…

  • 3 Ways to Make Feedback Part of Your Company’s Success

    External Article | Accountability Insights by Gaye van den Hombergh | Oct 21, 2016 Boost your organizational results by reaping the value of feedback using these three tips. It’s 2 p.m. on a Tuesday. You’re halfway through a meeting when you realize you’ve been spacing out, and are completely lost. You desperately need clarification, but can’t bring yourself to pause the…