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The answer to this question really depends of the individual, their situation and their personal preference. I know some co-workers who never take work home with them and I know others who put in another six to eight hours of work when they get home.
I also grew up seeing both sides of the coin. My [...]

Think about someone in your workplace who is seen by others as being a professional. What makes them a professional? What do you admire about him or her? Chances are, this individual demonstrates specific behaviours such as respect for others, integrity, etc.
If you want to be seen or known as a professional in your workplace, [...]

The current market conditions have affected employee engagement in the workplace and managers are constantly looking for ways to keep their teams engaged. One such way is to ensure your team is kept up-to-date and knows what is going on, even when the news is bad. However, many people, managers that is, feel that bad [...]

When you open your computer after a meeting and find 84 emails that have been sent to you in the past two hours, do you groan and long for an old-fashioned email? What is even more exciting is when you receive an email that has been forwarded to you from your manager that began more [...]

As we become busier in our lives with family, work, friends, and home chores, it becomes more difficult to maintain a work/life balance. It is important to remember that we have some control over our lives and often our own expectations lead us to make decisions that make us feel dissatisfied with our life/work balance [...]

The obvious answer is no. Most people would state emphatically that it is stressful and annoying to work with a project manager who micro-manages projects. Micro-managers are called ‘control freaks’ because they like to control and manipulate the work of others. However, remember the project manager will have to answer to management if the project [...]

You are probably asking yourself how the words “meeting” and “fun” can co-exist in the same sentence. Meetings are generally not fun and many people believe that meetings are no place for fun. However, given that the average employee typically runs the other direction when invited to attend another meeting or fakes a scheduling conflict, [...]

Meeting minutes provide more of a purpose than just capturing discussion points. The minutes provide a formal record of the meeting, the individuals who participated, official topics discussed, decisions made and potential actions. In addition, participants can refer back to the minutes if they need to recount any of the specific information from the meeting.
Capturing [...]

Working in a cubicle setting is not always easy, especially when others around you do not follow etiquette. Many people fail to realize that co-workers in surrounding cubicles can become very disgruntled with you if you do not follow certain guidelines.
If you work in a cubicle setting, here are a few guidelines to which [...]

Yesterday, Part I of Best Practice for Email in the Workplace talked about some of the best practices for formatting your email message to make them look more professional. Remember, what may be appropriate when emailing family and friends may not be appropriate when emailing co-workers.
Not only should you pay attention to what an [...]

When it comes to email in the workplace, you should pay attention to two things. That is, what does it look like and what does it say. The ‘what does it look like’ is formatting, design, etc. While the ‘what does it say’ is concerned with the content of the message.
You may not think that [...]

While lunching with a co-worker last week, I recently heard a term that spurred some thought. The term he used was “Work Spouses” when talking about office dynamics.
Just to clarify for those of you going down this train of thought — the term does not refer to office romances. It refers to those office [...]

Patricia Pickett of IT World Canada writes:
Physical and psychological harassment or bullying is one of the most damaging workplace issues — and according to one expert, the IT industry is not immune to it….
‘Bill’, an Ottawa-based IT worker whose name has been changed for anonymity, told IT World Canada in an e-mail interview that [...]