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Help To Break Bad Habits 4/17/13 #badhabits #officemanagement #slangwordsatwork #soundlikeaprofessional #breakbadlanguagehabits...

Terminating Insubordinate Employees #insubordination #angryemployees #officemanagement #practicalmanagementofficemanagementteamwork...

Whether you want to accomplish something in your personal or professional life, you will always hit road blocks along the way.  Many...

http://www.management-issues.com/display_page.asp?section=opinion&id=5967 12/9/13 #CustomerSat #Customerservice #communicationskills...

I am always so shocked when I encounter a person in a place of business that is rude.  Today I got a phone call from a supervisor of a...

“If you don’t have your own plan, someone else is going to make you fit into their plan.” –Anthony Robbins http://www.mindtools.com/pages...

Betrayal in the workplace #Betrayalintheworkplace #Personalitydifferencesatwork #workingthroughbetrayal #betrayedbycoworker...

I went to the patient and explained what we had done to try to verify her insurance and that she could pay a percentage of today’s...

Do you have co-workers that weigh you and others down by not completing their share of the workload?  I know we all have days when we...

1. Take time in developing your question for getting the information you want.  For example if you want to know where something is ask...

Do you ever feel like you work in a zoo?  I am sure many times you may feel like you are working in a zoo, especially...

1. Why am I/we frustrated today?  List all of the specifics that you can as to why you feel like you do. 2. What, if anything, can be...

Let me step back a few years in time when I hired this nice young woman who seemed to be the right fit for our office team.  Now I was...

If you truly are working with someone who is difficult for you to get along with you need to be very careful in how you handle the...

The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The project manager says the glass is twice as...

1. Restructure one task at a time – By changing one task at a time everyone involved can focus on this one change which makes for less...

Getting back to the situation; one of my coworkers came into my office to tell me about an issue with a patient’s insurance and a mistake...

In our office we have found three great questions to use that have helped us cut out the extra fluff and get directly to point.  We have...

Managing Your Emotions At Work We’ve all been in one of ‘those’ situations before. You know… when your favorite project is cancelled...

http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/personalissues/a/personal_info.htm #selfawareness #officemanagement #workplaceissues...