Introduction to Detecting Lies:
The following techniques to telling if someone is lying are often used by police, and security experts. This knowledge is also useful for managers, employers, and for anyone to use in everyday situations where telling the truth from a lie can help prevent you from being a victim of fraud/scams and [...]
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How to Detect Lies
Posted in Workplace Culture, tagged Detect, Honesty, Liar, Lies on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
20 Rules in any Office
Posted in Workplace Culture, tagged Office, office humor, Workplace Culture on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. Rule 1. – The Boss is always right.
2. Rule 2. – If the Boss is wrong, see rule 1.
3. Those who work get more work. Others get pay, perks, and promotions.
4. Ph.D. stands for “Pull Him Down”. The more intelligent a person, the more hardworking a person, the more committed a person; the more [...]
How to praise an employee’s work performance
Posted in Management, Motivation, Workplace Culture, tagged congratulations, employee, good job, praise, work on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tips: Keep your letter brief! Praise is a powerful motivator. Take the time to give genuine, specific compliments in a friendly, yet professional manner. A bonus check or some other tangible expression of thanks may accompany this letter.
Sample Letters:
Sample Letter #1:
I want you to know you have an exceptional employee, Jane Doe, in your support [...]
The 5 Obsessions of a Passionate Employee
Posted in Management, Motivation, Workplace Culture, tagged Management, Motivation, Workplace Culture on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A recent report entitled “How Google Grows and Grows and Grows” stated that the 650 people that work at Google are the most passionate bunch of geeks in the high tech industry. Google was also recently called the fastest growing company in history. To mimic their growth and success, passion must be injected into every [...]
Email @ Work
Posted in Workplace Culture, tagged email, etiqutte, professionalism, work on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The poor, neglected SUBJECT:
o When writing a subject for your email, remember how they are used. They are in a long list, with dozens if not hundreds of other messages. If you use the subject “Question” you are not giving any clue about the contents. “Please send latest pricing for widgets” is [...]
A bad attitude could be killing sales
Posted in Management, Marketing, Motivation, Workplace Culture, tagged Failure, Marketing, Sales on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Self-limiting beliefs could be holding your salespeople back, stopping them from making sales. New research shows how the deeply-held beliefs of sales people can affect their performance.
Your people’s attitudes towards clients, the market, competition and even themselves, can lead to unproductive sales behaviour.
For example, if a salesperson has a fear of rejection or failure, their [...]
Finding Satisfying Work
Posted in Motivation, Workplace Culture, tagged depression, job, work happiness on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you long for meaningful work?
Are you bored?
Are you feeling drained?
Are you restless and don’t know why?
Do you feel like you are just putting in your time at work?
The solution is Alignment, and there are three steps:
1. Discover what you are designed to do.
2. Do it.
3. Minimize everything else.
The idea is to align your work [...]
Email Etiquette
Posted in Workplace Culture, tagged email, etiqutte, professionalism, workplace on August 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
1. Be concise and to the point.
Do not make an e-mail longer than it needs to be. Remember that reading an e-mail is harder than reading printed communications and a long e-mail can be very discouraging to read.
2. Answer all questions, and pre-empt further questions.
An email reply must answer all questions, and pre-empt further questions [...]
Organizing your Work Strategy
Posted in Management, Motivation, Workplace Culture, tagged innovate, Management, Motivation, wor on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Work where your strongest – 80% of your time
Work where youre learning – 15%
Work where you are weak – 5%
Don’t’ be afraid to INNOVATE. Be different.
6 most annoying co workers
Posted in Workplace Culture on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nearly every workplace has them: the Naysayer, who dismisses team members’ ideas; the Spotlight Stealer, who claims credit for a colleague’s efforts; and other annoying coworkers who make collaboration difficult. Following are six professionals whose irritating behaviors and irksome attitudes prevent them from forming productive relationships at work — and what you should to do [...]
