Self Improvement

Rebuilding Trust If You've Betrayed It

The four qualities of a trustworthy person are competence, dependability, honesty, and consideration. If you've made a mistake and betrayed a coworker's trust, you're going to have to take specific steps to remedy that. But as you do, keep in mind that from now on it's doubly important that you exhibit trustworthy qualities.

Qualities of a trustworthy person:

What makes a person angry

What makes a person angry in a specific instance may be any combination of causes. But generally, anger is driven by a sense that one's value or self-worth is being threatened. For example, anger can be triggered by feelings of betrayal, humiliation, and exploitation. This points to the importance of respect in all your workplace interactions.

There are five causes of anger that seem to be commonly noted across many different business environments:

Balancing Your Work Life and Private Life

People often become consumed with professional activities – making the presentation, finishing the programming, and preparing for the meeting. They get so involved with the everyday demands of their professions that their personal lives suffer. Many of these people start to think they need to balance their work responsibilities with the demands of their private lives.

Techniques of gaining influence

Common trade objects in business relate to people's ability to do their jobs. Several common types of trade objects include:

  • task-related
  • career-related
  • relationship-related
  • inspiration-related

Task-related trades

Task-related trade objects help you get a job done. You're probably able to recall many task-related trade objects, but these are the most common:

Etiquette of office romances

Office romances have become a fact of office life in the contemporary business world. With more women in the work force than ever before, and with co-workers sharing the same space 8, 10, or 12 hours a day, mutual attractions are bound to develop. If you find yourself in a romantic situation you can't resist, you should be aware of some common-sense yet oft-violated rules. Details about the etiquette of office romances are provided here.

Explore how reframing enables you to think differently about organizational change.

It's often easy to identify the downside in change. But the problem with this type of attitude is that it doesn't help you face the future. Change won't go away, so you need to adopt a positive perspective to better come to terms with it.

A creative strategy named "reframing" allows you to gain a more positive perspective on change. First you identify current beliefs and values around a particular issue – your frame of reference for dealing with a particular situation.

Discover ways to proactively capitalize on new opportunities after change

When you're proactive about organizational change, you regain a sense of control and can get the passion back into your work life.

Regain a sense of control

By defining your new role in the change process, you gain a real say in what you do at work. Taking initiative helps you feel more in control and decisive action helps you regain some control in your working life.

5 Keys to Successfully Maintaining a Healthy Work-Life Balance

For most people, an important part of work life is interacting with others. Breaks and socializing with colleagues are important too.  Interruptions can eat into the time you need to spend getting your work done, making you less productive and more stressed. Work Life Balance and Handling Interruptions at work is very important part of being successful.

In a typical office, interruptions come from a variety of sources:

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