People Skills and Emotional Intelligence

Five Ways You are Making Your Work Harder than It Has to Be

“I’m so busy.” “I’m overwhelmed.” “There’s too much to do.” Do you ever say that? Feel that? I do. But sometimes, we’re our own worst enemy. We can be the blame for our own overwhelm. Here are a few ways we sabotage ourselves, which fall into four categories of  stress and opportunity, a line of

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Warning: Four Strong Words that can Trigger Conflict

“Samantha” and “Matilda” were close colleagues.* They met for lunch once a week, and one day, Matilda told Samantha about an opportunity in another department that she was considering. This possibility became a major topic of conversation between them. Each week, they discussed the journey together as Matilda processed whether to apply, prepared for the

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Hope in action

Tips from Pros We Know (Video/photo gallery)

Our current Hope In Action project is collecting tips from other professionals that we can share free on our social networks. I’ve added a gallery of some of the tips below. Here’s a video with more about the project!  Click here to participate!

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April Freebies, Features and Fun: Discussion Cards and Productivity

2019 is certainly flying by, isn’t it? The first quarter of the year is done, and Spring is occurring in many locales. What form of growth are you looking forward to in the second quarter?  How about making adding some new life into your relationships at work? This month’s freebie is a downloadable set of

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friendship

12 Reasons to Make Friends at Work (Guest post)

Much of our adult lives are dominated by our jobs—and the stress that comes with them. In today’s hyper-connected world, employees are often expected to be always-on, connected to their clients and their jobs even when they’re not on the clock. As a result, work-related stress is increasingly becoming a problem, with 47 percent of

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Work Wisdom: Ten Tips to Help You Excel and Exhale (Slide Show)

It’s time for Work Wisdom, a random collection of tips and thoughts to encourage you to excel and exhale at work!  Click on the video to watch a slide show, or read the list that follows.     Plan ahead, but stay present. When setting up a project, break it into small pieces, and be more

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