Humility During Adversity
Humility During Adversity Trying to remain humble and calm during times of adversity is a tough call. Humility During Adversity is a tough call. Especially when everyone around you is fighting mad, or suffering from some disappointment somewhere in their career or personal life. A working office environment has emotion and life to it. You are not immune to what goes on there. You also are not immune to the politics inside and outside of your office. It would be nice if we could just shut out the political rhetoric – but often it seeps in when we least want it there. Add a political campaign cycle to an already…
Management – It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere
It’s Five O’clock SomewhereExcuse me as I juggle my way through the morning. First thing in the door I hear “we need this, have you heard from such and such, and don’t forget”. I am finally able to maneuver my way into my office and flip on my computer. As it is loading I check for voice messages and I’m not disappointed by the number of calls needing returned. A quick glance to my computer screen and I note that my e-mails just keep racking up one after another. I anticipate that it may be 11:00 or noon before I get through them all.Someone needs something in the other room,…
Interview – Looks nice, has an “X” account
The Interview – Looks nice, has an “X” account. For many who have been working professionals for most of their lives, it is often anticipated with some anxiety that those interviewing them may not know how to interview them. When you go into an interview, and in two quick responses, you have pretty much summed up the entire list of questions the interviewer had prepared, you quickly are able to gauge the aptitude of that business or organization. While those giving the interview have thought well and hard on their lists, you still manage to blow that list out of the water. What’s left for the interviewer? They can continue…
Put Your Busy Bully On Notice
Put Your Busy Bully On Notice Nearly every office has one, that person who, for some reason, keeps things stirred up. Whether it is a need for power or control, who knows? What they manage to do is have others begin to doubt their own skills and abilities. I like to think of these individuals as passive-aggressive bullies, or my own naming convention of “The Busy Bully”. They don’t come right out and say something to another person in the office; rather, they are busy gossiping or hinting around to others that “they know a secret”. They are also constantly second-guessing other co-workers’ true intentions and often believe others are…
Hiring a doormat doesn’t come without pitfalls
Hiring a doormat doesn’t come without pitfalls. I debated writing this one. It gets a little rough in places, and I really don’t like rough opinions. But after talking with an old friend the other day, he convinced me to do it – for him. It is always hard to watch others suffer unnecessarily. To my friend who is feeling the burn, this one is for you. Employees are becoming more concerned about being victimized for being themselves, not just for the way they are doing their jobs. It’s a two-headed dragon! I wonder if doormats are a new phenomenon created by our business culture, or if they have always…
