Tag: business behaviour
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The way you interact can make or break your team – leadership and the power of praise
Picture this – an employee notices a mistake that could become costly or damage a company’s reputation if unnoticed. The mistake is not theirs; it is related to what they do, but was made by a colleague. The employee acts immediately by averting the danger – they go about solving the problem, notifying everyone who…
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When it’s nobody’s fault (and it can be)
Recently, I discussed a difficult situation with someone; it’s a situation that, sooner or later, represents us all. What happens when something goes wrong, but it’s nobody’s fault?Especially nowadays, when everything we are trying to do is difficult, not only because we are working from home (which can be more difficult… consider only that instead…
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Getting back to things… after taking a time off
Learning to stop working and give oneself a break and then going back to it (hopefully relatively fresh and rested) are possibly two greatest steps in our professional existence. I covered the first before the holidays. It only makes sense to cover the second now, when we are all blearily (just me?) emerging into a…
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Is regular Zooming a waste of time?
By now, most companies have gotten used to working remote. And regular company or group Zooms have become a part of our routine. They help us keep up with each other’s work, keep up our team bonds and can make us feel less isolated, especially if we live alone.But is regular Zoom (or Facetime of…
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De-escalating client issues : how to work with less than an optimal situation
No work with clients – and other humans in generally – is just sunshine. There will be bad days, misunderstandings, cultural and social differences, and above all, people who expect especially a different or new employee on the job to magically transform into the person they are used to working with.This is neither fair nor…