The best way to increase your productivity during the day is to make some changes to your workstation. Brightening up your workstation can give you the extra boost you need to get started on a new project or assignment. Since your workstation is a small space, it only takes a few steps to making it feel like ...
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Anyone who has has held a few jobs knows what a hostile work environment feels like. It goes like this: the angry co-worker who sits next to you, or a group of glass-half-empty naysayers, or, worse, your naturally moody and suspicious boss, has made you dread coming into work in the morning. At first, you think ...
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Many studies over the past few years have shown that workplace friendships increase productivity, team morale and workers' overall job satisfaction; and since friends provide us with support, comic relief and a sense of belonging, it seems only natural that having friends at the office makes work more pleasant. ...
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Admit it -- you've been guilty of this: You're sitting at your desk with your head propped up on your arm, pretending to be fascinated by whatever is on your screen, but you're really surreptitiously catching a few Zs before you move on to the next project. We've all been there, done that. ...
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Rachel Farrell, CareerBuilder.com writer Whether you think so or not, you're annoying. Maybe not all the time -- maybe not even some of the time -- but at least once in your life, you've annoyed someone. Probably your boss. We asked bosses to tell us what their employees do to irritate them on a daily ...
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Don't be so quick to write off that dour curmudgeon sitting next to you in the office -- he could be doing better work than you are, according to a new study done by an Australian behavioral expert. Professor Joe Forgas claims that grumpy people think more clearly, are better at decision-making and are less ...
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By Lisa Johnson Mandell It's easy to be resentful when you have to take orders from someone who is younger than you. You might be more experienced, better educated, more knowledgeable and have seniority, but still, you're forced to submit to someone who might have been entering kindergarten when you were ...
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By Gwen Parkes Handwritten thank you notes and cards are an older etiquette formality, but they still apply in today's workplace. "It is never wrong to say thank you, and you cannot say it enough, says Lisa Gaché founder and CEO of Beverly Hills Manners. In fact, a thank you note is not only a follow-up ...
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Youth plus "newbie" equals the person likely to fall victim to office hearsay. Once you land a job, resist the urge to believe what other co-workers tell you about your boss, that one lady that sits in the corner or even how to handle certain situations with clients. Some of the veterans in the office will look ...
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