Tag: behaviours
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YOU CAN’T WEAR THAT TO WORK

As the summer sun blazes and temperatures soar, the workplace often becomes a melting pot of varying fashion choices. Throw in a number of years of largely remote working and it’s understandable, almost expected, that dress standards might tends towards a more relaxed image.
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YOU CAN’T SAY THAT STUFF AT WORK !

ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴇᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴇᴇ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ɪɴᴀᴘᴘʀᴏᴘʀɪᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ…
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DEALING WITH A NARCISSIST AT WORK

Narcissus dies by a pool gazing at his own reflection that he falls in love with. He has no concern about anything around him nor does he eat or sleep. How do you manage your office narcissist?
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5 THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN RECOGNISING PERFORMANCE

You know that you need to recognise good performance in the team but what if doing so makes someone uncomfortable or embarrassed in front of their peers. Should praise and recognition be done in public or privately? Well, it depends on the person doesn’t it?
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ANY CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURS IN YOUR TEAM ?

As a manager, you’re not just leading a team; you’re also part-time psychologist, mediator, and sometimes, a traffic cop trying to navigate the chaos.
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BE QUICK TO FIRE, SLOW TO HIRE (Part 1)

I’d love to be able to say that “a wise man once said Be quick to Fire, Slow to Hire” but honestly it could have been anyone with an ounce of smarts.
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GOOD TO GREAT MIGHT HURT A LITTLE…

Liam loves being in the spotlight, will put his hand up to lead projects, talks the most in meetings, and has stated a number of times that he needs to ‘build his resume’. He is young, ambitious and looking to climb the ladder. The problem is that Liam is, as my client described him, all…
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

It seems to me that much of the focus of HR in dealing with workplace issues is often punitive. It’s all about investigating incidents, collecting evidence, formulating allegations and searching for breaches of the code of conduct or xyz policy. It’s about hitting people with some sort of sanction for not following procedure, issuing a…
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BOSSES BEHAVING BADLY
There is an interesting shift going on at the moment. More and more people are coming forward and reporting their bosses for bad behaviour.
