A toxic environment is a business owner's worst nightmare and causes employee morale to dip quite a bit. Toxic environments in the office can also mean that your employees lose the motivation to get their work done, which means your office's to-do list isn't completed on time. If work isn't turned in on time, this can spell disaster for the entire office. This can happen even … [Read more...]
Should My Significant Other and I Work at the Same Company?
Working for the same company as your significant other sounds like a great idea, right? You can commute together, eat lunch together, and just spend more time together overall. What's not to like? Unfortunately, the reality isn't always perfect when you work at the same company as your significant other, and I've seen it more times than I can count. Yes, it can be wonderful, … [Read more...]
How to Beat Passive-Aggression in the Workplace
“There is a land called Passive-Aggressiva, and I am its queen.” - Kate Walsh’s Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd, “Grey’s Anatomy” Truer words have rarely been spoken in the workplace. For five very, very long years, I worked under a manager who could have given Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd a run for her money. There were tears -- at and outside of work -- there were questions, … [Read more...]
Challenges for the Modern Businesswoman
Sponsored by Landmark Recovery: It's easy for people to assume that since women are actively engaged in all levels of the world of business that the challenge for equality is over. This is simply untrue. Feminism in the business world requires women to be willing to speak up, ask questions, and stand up for unfair treatment of themselves and others. Unfortunately, the … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Political Wars at Work
You just watched the political debate. After hours of news headlines and social media posts focused on the discussion, you still haven’t digested the information that was delivered by the candidates on national television. Then you go to work and your opinionated co-worker pops the big question, “So, what did you think about the debate last night?” You wish you had time … [Read more...]
Love What You Do
Love is the Missing Piece No, this isn’t an ad for a dating site, although maybe it should be.... I was in the process of writing on a different subject when I found myself in a conversation with a client (who shall remain nameless but will likely know its them when they read this ;) ) We were discussing their business and a particularly rough couple of weeks they have … [Read more...]
Sexy Business
As women in the business world we often have to navigate through a variety of unspoken rules, so I am bringing one out in the open and giving you my take on why I think it should be broken. Flirting with limits can be a great asset but does it have a place in the business world? Being nice has its advantages Now I can be as ugly as the next person, but most of the … [Read more...]
Making Sure You Aren’t The Problem
This article, http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/08/make-sure-youre-not-the-problem-with-your-boss, gives everyone some questions to ask yourself when you are having problems with your boss. Most times bosses mean well, but if everyone, including the bosses, took a step back and asked a few questions of themselves a lot of office politics could likely be … [Read more...]
Super Women Leaders: GUTSY or NUTTY?
She got on the elevator in her full length mink coat. She had a Gucci scarf around her neck. Almost six feet tall and model skinny she looked ready to pose for Vogue. She smiled at the other tenants of this posh New York condo, all ready to brave the streets of Manhattan. They returned her smile. No one said anything yet wondering why she was wearing a fur coat in the heat … [Read more...]
A Culture of Command
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer Earlier this month, the Navy removed Captain Owen Honors from command of the USS Enterprise because of his role in a series of videos shown to 6,000 male and female crew members. You may have had the misfortune of seeing clips from these inappropriate videos since they were widely broadcast on television … [Read more...]