by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Have you ever been at a function, be it with a dozen or many, many more, and you’ve done one of those brain-dead things … you’ve forgotten the name of someone you were just been introduced to?You painstakingly try to remember the guy’s name, hoping that someone will...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
You’re beat. It’s been a long month. You note the clock says 3:10. You need a break. Your boss walks into your cubicle and drenches any plans of you roaring at a game. Another project has become urgent. One that you knew was out there, but your boss didn’t...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
When the dotcoms went dot bust a few years ago, employees celebrated their inclusion to the jobless ranks with pink-slip parties. Your entry ticket was showing your termination notice at the door. No notice, no party. Being fired became a badge of honor—if you hadn’t...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
During the past month, I’ve had several queries about personal information, as in, how much should be revealed within the confines of the workplace? Consider this—you are the parent of a driving teenager, a challenge that post teen parents will empathize with you on....
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
There’s a classic scene in the movie, A League of Their Own, when manager Tom Hanks sees one of his outfielders approaching the dugout and she’s crying. He says (actually yells), “Crying?! There’s no crying in baseball!”Hmmm … now where would that be in the player’s...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Nursing is pretty lean. I suspect it will be made leaner. In other departments, there are a lot of management people; there could be some streamlining done there. In nursing, we have always bit the bullet and found out later that other departments haven’t...
