Advice Latest home office trends: How to create a beautiful work from home space A home office doesn’t have to be a stuffy dark room.
Advice How to handle a nightmare employee Have you ever had a member of your team that makes you so angry that you can’t hear their name without having your blood pressure increase? Someone who you have to manage through every interaction and constantly clean up after? Many managers and team members have horror stories of working with a nightmare person, but how do we fix that situation? What if we are past the point of conciliation? Maybe the answer is not to remove the person, but rather change the nightmare.
Advice Creatively challenged? Bring a little “white space” into your life Tidying away the Christmas cards recently, I thought how peaceful and restful the untouched smoothness of the snowy drifts looked, and yet I also experienced an immediate urge to step onto that unblemished surface and somehow leave a mark – a word, a shape, a construct.
Advice The benefits of having a business partner — and how to choose one Starting a business on your own can be a daunting and scary experience.
Advice What to do to make sure working from home works Advances in technology mean working from home has never been easier and research has shown it can make employees more productive and happier in their jobs.
Advice Job interviews: How telling stories will get you hired Stories are powerful in job interviews, irrespective of what side of the table you are sitting on.
Advice The secret to success? Being able to influence people Have you ever wondered why some leaders achieve success more rapidly than others? It is not purely because they are more talented, better looking, have better ideas or have the best strategic plans.
Advice Why women need to spend some precious time alone Every evening after enjoying dinner with his family, President Barack Obama retires to the White House’s ‘Treaty Room’, where he spends four to five hours alone.
Advice Advice for aspiring directors: Where to draw the line Joining a board has significant responsibility and privilege.