Archive for the ‘On The Job Advice’ Category

At the Company Picnic, Etiquette Matters

Memorial Day is gone, and Labor Day beckons ahead. Sometime in between, many of us are likely to find ourselves at an oft-dreaded workplace event: the company summer outing. It’s a tossup as to which comes fraught with more peril, frolicking in the sand with the pasty-legged guys from IT or shimmying with “secret Santas” […]

Top Ten Tips for Working With Other Cultures

As companies continue to grow internationally, more employees are finding themselves working with people from other countries and cultures that they are not familiar with. Don’t make the mistake in assuming there is no difference in the work environment. Our values and personalities develop largely from the values and belief systems of the cultures we […]

How a Mid-Life Career Change Can Fill the Void

Over 40? Work life empty? You are not alone. After 20 or more years of working, we seldom acknowledge that our work life is no longer meeting our needs for meaning and fulfillment. After all, who even has the time for this self-reflection? Between worrying about growing older, staying in shape, keeping the relationship alive, […]