“Inefficient Knowledge Sharing Costs Large Businesses $47 Million Per Year.” That’s the headline from the Panopto Workplace Knowledge and Productivity Report. Just that one headline alone shows the benefits of knowledge sharing, but there is more. Research from Whale also found that “employees spend…
The excitement of starting a new job can be overshadowed when the reality is “my boss won’t train me” and you don’t quite know how to handle the dilemma. Maybe your boss is extremely busy. Maybe they have a philosophy…
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” –Phil Jackson (1945- ), Basketball Player, Coach, and Executive When a person applies for a job, they provide a resume and other evidence…
Part of the job includes working with others and tolerating different personalities. But one of the biggest challenges is learning how to deal with incompetent coworkers. Everyone finds themselves at some point navigating the difficulties of an unprofessional, annoying or incompetent…
“The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.” – Henry Ford (1863-1947), American Industrialist “I hate training new employees!” is a common lament and mantra that many talented…
The business industry can be stressful and can test an individual’s tolerance. When you started working in your role, your boss was encouraging and supportive. However, they have become overly critical and petty. When looking for signs your boss is threatened…
Some people consider the ability to complete multiple tasks at the same time an art and a science. This ability to do more than one thing at a time is likely a more recent behavior that has come about with…
If you work at a job where coworkers watch your every move, you probably feel like a stalking victim in a low-grade horror movie. Here’s how it goes … You step to the break room to grab a sip of…
The workplace has many dynamics and personalities. One of the worst personalities is the unresponsive coworker. Unresponsive coworkers can make others feel as if they don’t know how to work with colleagues, or there are more important things to do.…
With working conditions consistently changing, there are some employees that have taken the flexibility given to them for granted. There are also instances where some people in management don’t know how to deal with employees. When they are frustrated, instead…