communication
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Change Where You Sit: It Can Change Your Work for the BetterIt can be difficult to understand a customer's priorities, to empathize with a coworker's challenges, or to climb out of a creative slump. But one thing could improve each of those problems: changing where you sit. Swapping roles or even just swapping desks can help you gain new insight at work. | 
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How Office Space Affects Team Member CollaborationSteve Berczuk discusses how the physical structure of an organization can contribute to the way team members interact with each other. Physical office space plays an important organizational role, with much being written about the merits of open-space versus closed-space offices. | 
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Twitter: The Anti-Social Media Giant? Twitter has taken a stand against the NSA and any party trying to snoop around their servers and its users' information by implementing their perfect forward secrecy (PFS) plan for their mobile and web platforms. Read more to learn how this social juggernaut is keeping information private. |
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The Pros and Cons of Face-to-Face Time at WorkYahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made face time a hot topic when she discontinued Yahoo’s work-from-home policy and required that employees get themselves into the office. Though everyone seems to have an opinion on the subject, there are pros and cons to working from home, and the issue isn't clear-cut. |
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How Good Team Members Deal with Delivering Bad NewsNo one likes to deliver bad news. But sometimes you have no choice. Sometimes you have to give your customers, managers, or employees information that will displease them or make them angry. How can you best deliver the bad news? Naomi Karten offers some important tips for anyone to consider. |
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Want to Gain People’s Attention? Get CreativeWhen everyone you work with faces an information overload, you’ll never get them to pay attention to your written material if you use conventional methods. To gain their attention, you have to be creative. Read on for some tips on making your reports, proposals, instructions, and emails stand out. |
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Be Thankful: How to Give and Receive Appreciation at WorkThanksgiving reminds people to be thankful, but many workplaces suffer from a sincere lack of gratitude. But people who feel appreciated tend to have more positive attitudes and greater levels of motivation to continue to deserve that appreciation. Start contributing to a thankful culture at work. |
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Avoid Business Writing Glitches, Goofs, and GaffesBad writing isn’t a trivial matter. Aside from appearing unprofessional, it can actually cost your company money if you communicate the wrong ideas. Don't confuse (or tick off) your coworkers. Look out for these common grammatical errors, crucial punctuation marks, cliches, and other word traps. |
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