People Problems
Why resigning can be so hard to do
When you are about to go in to your boss to resign are you excited, feeling dread, angry, confident, smug, highly anxious, guilty or relieved?
Drowning and not coping: Three steps to saving yourself from breakdown
The worst part about struggling with your workload is that you spend a lot of time and energy denying the fact you're overloaded.
Why we need laughter at work
Why do many people get so serious at work? I remember getting into trouble at school for laughing – for teachers in my day it was a sign that someone had lost their focus or worse had committed the taboo of causing others to laugh.
The problem with texting on work issues when things get misconstrued
Texting is part of our everyday personal lives, but is it an effective method of communication in the workplace and on a professional level?
What to do when you feel angry and obligated
Being pulled in a hundred directions at once is irritating, but if you are not open to the benefits of a situation, you are missing out.
How do you get staff enthused?
An unmotivated team member is usually also a team member that has lost sight of the bigger picture and has been ground down by constant pressure to the point where they no longer enjoy their work.
Making assumptions about anything and anyone
Making assumptions in business can have drastic effects. Take the job interview situation as an example – so many assumptions are made as a result of a very brief interaction.
Are you a drama queen or do you work with one? Seven tell-tale behaviours
Sometimes entertaining, the drama queen can also be a negative influence in the workplace.
The ups and downs of giving 'negative' feedback
As important as it is to create a culture of feedback in an organisation, the problem of how difficult it can be to receive feedback still exists.
Speak to the person, not to the title
Status can have a crippling effect on the way people approach their dealings with management.
Five ways to beat the 3.30pm slump
Here are five ways you can turn your mid-afternoon slump into a productivity bump.
Does your team know what is really important?
Understanding the purpose of your team's work is about more than just reciting a couple of lines from a mission statement.








