Category: Workplace Culture

  • The Best-Kept Secrets of Exceptional Leaders (No. 5 Is Key)

    Article | Accountability Insights by Craig Hickman | Aug 22, 2017 Leaders who have the most impact know how to hold others accountable. But how? Here are five secrets they know (and you probably don’t). Read the original article published on Inc. Magazine: The Best-Kept Secrets of Exceptional Leaders (No. 5 Is Key) Accountability gives impetus to greater results. Getting accountability right can…

  • Laughter is the Best Medicine

    The Health Benefits of Humor and Laughter Sure, it’s fun to share a good laugh. But did you know it can actually improve your health? It’s true: laughter is strong medicine. It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, diminishes…

  • 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…

  • Is It Legal: Pot Use, Rude Conduct Lead to Problems for Teacher

    JANUARY 5, 2018 BY TOM D’AGOSTINO LEAVE A COMMENT Ohio’s Court of Appeals upheld the revocation of the teaching license of an intervention specialist.  The revocation was based on administrative findings of conduct unbecoming a teacher, including charges of inappropriate physical contact with students and marijuana use. After receiving reports that caused “professional conduct concerns” about the specialist,…