We’ve all been there, right? We go to work minding our own business and suddenly that chronic complainer is in front of us again. On and on and on, telling you how terrible his life and job are. You want to walk away, but you feel rude… so you listen. And that’s...
Are you In a Job RUT? Most of us have days when we feel that we are in a job RUT. The uneasy feeling that is difficult to describe can creep in at any time. Often when this feeling creeps in, it is short lived and we can shrug it off and go about our daily tasks....
Small Jobs Matter Too Small jobs, you know the ones; we take them to fill in gaps. To pay the bills until something better comes along. There are a couple of different things that can happen in this circumstance. One, we can treat this “job” as if it is our career and...
The Toxic Employee & Your Bottom Line Overt or Subtle Toxic employees can be a big problem for small business. The very nature of owning a business requires depending on and trusting employees. Sometimes, it means depending on them…to a fault, causing an...
Gossip, The Silent Killer of Business I often write about gossip. In some cases gossip is nothing more than a nuisance; but my experience has proven to me that gossip is one of the biggest and most overlooked threats to careers and businesses. It is a pervasive poison...
