by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
“I didn’t want to believe it was happening. It was one of those times in my life that I didn’t listen to myself. I kept pushing it down, saying, ‘This isn’t true. It can’t be happening. She’s really not like this.’ When...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
What do you do when you feel that your career may be flushing down the drain? Hit the Internet sites with an updated resume—after all, everyone knows that there are zillions of jobs posted, right? Start calculating how much time you’ve accrued when the ax falls—with...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Brenda has been late for her shift at least once a week for the past six months; Patricia knows just about everything possible about a patient’s family; Dennis doesn’t respond to any issue until it becomes chaos; Caroline consistently withholds information from her...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Susan is the star of your sales team. She’s closed more deals than others in the division, her customers have commented to management that they felt that they got a good deal when she represented them and that they would work with her again. Management loves her.If...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Remember when TV’s Archie Bunker said, “The reason you don’t understand me, Edith, is because I’m talkin’ to you in English and you’re listenin’ in dingbat!”? How many people do you know that speak/listen in dingbat?...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
To retire, or not to retire? For the Boomer generation (1946-1964), just what is retirement?If you are a Boomer, most likely you’ve noticed a few changes. Some are physical … you creak, might not be as flexible as just a few years ago, may be thinking about joint...
