Eve Ash

Eve Ash’s REAL acronym is one everyone would be wise to consider, no matter what their place in the office hierarchy.

Problems are life’s ingenious habit of tossing a curly one in our path, just when things are going smoothly or when they couldn’t be worse.

Whilst we often think about where we want to be in the near future or by the end of the year or within a few years, it’s often hard to come up with a clear vision.

Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has recently been in the news as a consequence of the sudden tragic loss of her much-loved husband, SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg.

What is the worst thing that can happen in the workplace? You get overlooked for a promotion? You work hard for no reward? You miss the submission date of a big tender? These all seem like huge ordeals when we are faced with them, but there are much worse things that can happen.

Whether we’re talking SMEs or global conglomerates, all too often, excuses are made for office toxicity.

We all know the feeling – we have been ploughing through work all day and we feel a yawn emerge.

Some lazy types among us can confuse accountability with being held to account, and will avoid it like the plague.

Have you just been through a tough six months? Well, half the year is almost done! For some, a time to celebrate achieving results within deadlines and, for many, end-of-the-financial-year madness.

Have you ever seen people quietly celebrate when they learn that their manager won’t be in the office that day? This is a bad sign.

An unproductive, stressed team is often fragmented, unmotivated and lacking direction with unhealthy thinking patterns that block effective collaboration.

There’s a follow-up and there’s being a pest.