Bullying and Microaggressions in the Workplace
Workplace bullying and microaggressions are serious issues that can significantly impact employees’ well-being and productivity. Bullying involves repeated, harmful mistreatment of individuals, characterized by threatening, humiliating, or intimidating behavior, work interference or sabotage, and verbal abuse. Addressing these behaviors is essential for creating a healthy, respectful, and inclusive work environment. Today we are going to […]
Conducting a Behavioral Interview
The interview process is where you have the most control over creating your employee roster, so you’ll want to use the process to its best advantage. Behavioral-based interviewing is a technique used by many companies to identify candidates’ skills, attitudes, and values. This technique is used to assess the experience, as well as the decision-making ability […]
How to Network Without Leaving the House
The main obstacle to networking is finding the time to do it. Meeting up for after-work happy hours, weekend conferences, or mid-day lunches, may not work with your schedule. If you are looking to maximize your time and effort, while also meeting new people in your industry, you may wish to rethink your on-line resources, […]
Happy New Year from the People at Improving Communications
Well lookie here… the Earth has revolved around the Sun once again! Three hundred sixty-five days have elapsed (or as the cast in the musical Rent would sing, “525,600 Minutes”). A year is a good marker for progress made. Once it’s completed, it all starts again. Happy New Year. Two thousand seventeen has been Improving Communications’ best year yet. We owe […]
Is HR a Moneymaker?
It is easy not to see HR as a moneymaker. But an HR department actually protects businesses from significant financial loss.
Digital First Impressions
We have gone over making a good First Impression, but there is another area that we should cover. Making good Digital First Impressions. First impressions matter. In the past, that first impression was formed by stepping into a room and greeting a new audience. Today, things are a little different. First impressions start before you […]
Making A Great First Impression
A first impression takes only seconds to form, and can be very difficult to change. Most importantly, that first interaction will set the tone for any opinion or relationship that may follow. Be prepared.
How to Maximize Human Capital ROI
Appeared in HR Professionals Magazine | April 2012 by Richard J. Atkins What’s Good For the Goose (Is Not Always Good For the Gander) Most leaders in industry have realized that employees are productive in different ways. Some work better in the morning, whereas others “come to life” at other times during the day. There […]
Self-Knowledge = Better Relationships
It’s a best-practice reminder to help yourself before helping those around you. You’ll be much more useful to others, once you’re OK, right?
Address your needs first, so you can be of maximum use to others when needed. Even the FAA’s Passenger Safety Information Briefing always has people take care of their own needs first (like putting on oxygen masks, if needed), before helping those who need assistance.