Whenever I hear a manager make a comment that someone is ‘not a team player’ and as a coaching tool, they’ve reminded them that there is no ‘I’ in team, i’m always curious of its effectiveness as a comment. It’s true, some people are naturally more ‘I’ focused and aren’t as thoughtful of others. Some […]
Many offices nowadays try and cultivate a specific environment. Sometimes this may lead to people dressing in a similar style or communicating in a particular way. Effective discussions are also about the actual mode of communication. Let’s face it; everyone has their own preference on their form of communication – email, telephone or face to […]
It’s that time of year again! The New Year, the “new you”, the “I resolve too..” etc. etc.. I don’t know about you, but I have listed the same things (in my head! Not even on paper) that are my goals or resolutions for 2016. Usual suspects like, get fit, save more, buy a house, […]
There has been a lot of talk in the news recently about the change in the way employees see their future career. Facebook and Google now paying up to $20,000 for female staff to freeze their eggs to make sure that they keep their best staff on board Virgin is now not tracking employees holidays […]
A recent presentation by Dermot Crowley at the Quay Appointments Breakfast Seminar got me thinking about productivity. There is a lot of information around the internet regarding productivity in the work place. I read an article somewhere that said that the future of the work force is based on a work life balance. Essentially in […]
