While everyone enjoys being a team player and be popular with colleagues, you cannot please everyone. There will be a few you are always logger-heads with, and you chose to ignore these minor snubs and acts of thoughtlessness. But what do you do when you find out your colleague is bad mouthing you? Not only…
You are in a important meeting debriefing the team about how to win the next big contract and here you have a team member who is asking stupid questions or reducing the depth of thought by cracking jokes, what do you do? Throw him out, or continue as it is? And sacking the employee is…
There is nobody who has not had problems at work, and these problems invariably involve one?s supervisor, co-workers or even boss. Workplace conflicts are common ? but the skills to handle them adroitly are not. Many employees react to workplace conflicts the way they would in any social conflict situation ? from the gut. This…
It is time to rise in the ranks in your company, and you are convinced that you deserve a promotion. You could always ask for one, but how would such a request be received by the Powers That Be? Asking for a promotion may not be the best course to take. A wiser and far…
Troublemakers at the office come in various shades, and they have different styles and approaches to making their presence felt. To be fair, most of them may not even know how disruptive they can be ? then again, some do. However, the sincere and focused always has a bad time with them. Maybe you cannot…