by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Washington DC indicted informant Linda Tripp’s widely documented actions earn her the title of poster girl for sabotage and betrayal for the decade. Tripp is not an isolated situation–she’s not alone. Women like her are everywhere–your...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Over a year ago, I wrote about a career theft that happened to a nephew. A theft that didn’t surface until after he experienced rejection after rejection for a position that he had coveted. Only after some serious probing did we discover the culprit behind the...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
How can you move from being on the “inside” to being on the “outside”? Simple . . . get promoted. It’s not uncommon to want to move up. After all, you’ve taken those extra courses, are lots more work savvy than you were a year ago and it’s a good way to move up the...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Every woman knows that workplaces are not perfect. Nor are they ideal settings in which the majority of the “alert” awake hours are spent. No, what is perfect is usually a fantasy, a myth, a fairy tale or a line in a romance novel or movie. You know the...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 17, 2009 | Workplace Smarts
Ineffective people costs companies money — the bigger the company, the bigger the amount. Whether it’s a few thousand or several million, it affects you. As an employee, lost revenues could mean layoffs; as a manager, lost revenues could label you as mediocre...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2009 | Personal Smarts, Workplace Smarts
Last month, I flew to San Diego for a speaking engagement. Waiting for my luggage, I glanced around the airport and thought I had arrived on the production sets of Dancing with the Stars and Melrose Place. The women’s range of dress was anything but just plain pants...
