Picture this: You just moved to a new city — maybe it’s for work, maybe it’s for personal reasons. You don’t know anyone. You want to make new friends and network so you can grow your career. Where do you start, though? It can be difficult to know how to approach…
We all know the importance of having a positive workplace culture. When your employees feel happy, safe and appreciated at work, productivity increases and so does the quality of work. You experience less frequent turnover and create a staff that is committed to helping your…
An office environment is a core component in determining your team’s productivity, culture, and company vision buy-in. According to Entrepreneur, several factors affect employee mindset and behavior, including lighting, ambient noise, air quality, temperature, color, and…
We don’t all have Superman’s super-hearing abilities, Spider-Man’s “Spidey” sense, or the Black Widow’s multi-linguistic and mind-reading abilities, but every office hero can hone their communication skills to near super-human levels.
1. Determine the best medium…
With so many modes of communication today, it’s often easy to forget the medium is (at least part of) the message.
What do we mean by that?
The way you deliver a message will be determined by the platform you’re using to send it. Text messages, for instance, can be…
Often mistaken as a glorified secretary, an executive assistant (EA) is a pillar upon which high-level administrators and managers build a successful career. Just ask Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) who had the misfortune of becoming Amanda Priestly’s (Meryl Streep) executive…
