We become more emotionally sensitive, and find ourselves battling the green-eyed monster in our cubicle. Most of us have had feelings of jealousy or envy in our lives, but nowhere may it be more difficult to deal with than in the workplace. MORE
Which environment creates more value: one where employees have autonomy to pursue a challenging, purpose-driven career, or one where he or she is constrained to a cubicle, micro-managed, and challenged with unnecessary meetings? Minutia will undoubtedly begin to surface: last-minute meetings, email clutter, water cooler conversations and cubicle invasions. In practice, this may mean you work from a location other than your cubicle. MORE
Dwight" has inhabited the cubicle next to you for three very, very long years. Tags: workplace advice the office cubicle dwight humor at work ok workplace rules human resources it's okay career advice free career advice Anita Bruzzese It's Friday. TGIF, right? You've put in some long hours, dedicated yourself to the job and figured out a way to whittle your lunch tab down to $1.25 (ketchup put into hot water makes tomato soup, right?). I know you're stressed. MORE
The green-eyed monster now rears itself not on the playground, but in the cubicle. When I was in grade school, every year I had to put up with someone I'll call "Mary" in my classes. MORE
That means that while you as an introvert look for quiet time in your cubicle to recharge and think, the extroverted co-worker who pops up to tell you a joke or try to get you to go to happy hour isn''t being annoying on purpose. MORE
Just because you commit a gaffe and talk about an issue that rankles others or ask a question that is awkward, don't withdraw into your cubicle to die of mortification. MORE
I work in a cubicle and hear things going on around me all the time. If my co-worker in the next cubicle is away and someone comes looking for her I usually know where she has gone as we regularly call out to each other where we are going as we rush off to do a photocopying job or send a fax. Tags: cubicle professional assistant neighbours listening eavesdropping Administrative Assistant It is amazing what you pick up from your neighbours. MORE
So it's a little difficult to gripe at a cubicle mate for talking too loudly on a cellphone when you've been guilty of doing the same thing — or something equally obnoxious. What's the rudest behavior you've seen at work by someone with a smartphone in their hand? MORE
What about the guy in the cubicle next to yours refusing to take off his headphones so you can ask him a question? MORE
Companies should embrace both the open plan type office and the cubicle design, to provide workers with a choice. As an active employee, you spend a significant part of your day at the office. MORE
If work isn’t done right every single time, it could lead to dangers that someone in a cubicle might never face. A major flaw in our system of government, and even in industry, is the latitude allowed to do less than is necessary. Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, father of the nuclear U.S. MORE
Do you share a cubicle with someone who doesnt seem to have two words to say to you? The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. MORE
to a colleague in a nearby cubicle, you're not alone. If you're tempted to yell "Shut the $#% up!" As it turns out, loud-talking co-workers are so annoying it has prompted researchers to study it. MORE
Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you work in a cubicle, here are some guidelines to follow for good cubicle etiquette: You see the person you wish to talk to on the phone. If you are going to enter another staff members cubicle, make sure to knock first. MORE
That’s why you consider yourself a good colleague – certainly not like that annoying person in the cubicle next to you. It’s one thing to turn your cubicle into a toxic waste dump, but it’s another when your slovenly habits affect others. You’re never late for meetings. MORE
No, they're delving into deeper subject matters and have just named their winner of the saddest-cubicles contest. Tags: personal disconnect behavior problems saddest cubicle I've raced around the Web today, trying to find items for this Tidbit Tuesday. I figure I've burned off at least one of the pieces of pecan pie that I shoved into my face over the holiday (is this what is known as wishful thinking?). MORE
Home About Me Advertise Want to Decorate Your Cubicle/Office? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 11, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you want to decorate your cubicle/office? I recently had someone ask me how they should go about decorating their cubicle. Try not to clutter your cubicle too much. You need to be able to find certain documents on your cubicle walls for easy reference. MORE
Steer away cubicles, drab furniture and neutral colors. It’s important that companies take into account workforce demographics, so they can effectively manage and utilize their talents for future growth. By 2020, 46 percent of your employees will be millennials. This new generation of workers are similar to older generations, as they desire adequate compensation, growth opportunities and challenging work. MORE
Addiction doesn't reside just on the street corner with junkies looking for the next fix -- it's also in the meeting rooms and boardrooms and cubicles where we work. Six months ago on this blog I wrote about a smart and talented lawyer with four beautiful children who had a drug and alcohol addiction. MORE
Don't stop by a co-worker's cubicle and sweep papers off a chair so you can plop your butt down and dig in for a nice long chat. Do you think other people in the workplace are rude? If you have a pulse, the answer is probably "yes," or "hell, yes." MORE
Decisions are often made easily and unanimously and life seems to flow smoothly among the cubicles. Isn't it nice when everyone at work seems to get along? But a new study says that such harmony may have a downside. MORE
While producer Peter Guber doesn't expect you to drive a Batmobile or enlist Tom Cruise to work in the cubicle next door, he says that learning to tell an entertaining story can help you achieve your goals. MORE
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The fact is, we still end up celebrating a cubicle Christmas once in a while. Here are some items to turn your cubicle into a hauntingly good time: Personalized Halloween Pumpkin 4 Port USB hub: If you plan to decorate your office space for the holidays you will need a few extra USB ports. MORE
Unkempt work spaces are becoming a productivity issue as offices become more cramped and cubicles replace private offices. Organizational Skills - Clean Up Your Stuff! Messy desks are no longer just an office eyesore. MORE
Workers in these spaces consistently report making more connections, learning skills faster, and feeling more inspired and in control than their cubicle-dwelling counterparts inside large companies. MORE
Get together with your cubicle buddies and set some ground rules. Last week, I was researching the pros and cons of today’s collaborative (open-space) work environment. MORE
But those who get it right can not only feel good about what they've done, but also garner some goodwill among the cubicles. With Cyber Monday in full swing, it's bound to dawn on you sooner or later that you need to consider what -- if any -- gifts you will give co-workers or your boss. MORE
The guy in the cubicle next to yours; 2. It could be the woman in the cubicle next to you, or if you’re the boss, members of your own team, who can help you.” MORE
Perhaps the old-fashioned workplace ― with its small cubicles, petty politics, and occasional fights over parking spaces ― has already outlived its usefulness. A co-working space can change a business in profound and positive ways. MORE
The common practice was for folks to be in cubicles in big office spaces, smashing away at their digital work and using hardwired telephones to make anxious phone calls to big clients. Business isn’t what it used to be. MORE
I'm still waiting on the Kennedy family to endorse this blog, but until then, let's see what I can round up for this Tidbit Tuesday: * That will teach you to go on vacation: If you want to see the ultimate cubicle prank, check out this posting from the folks at TechRepublic. Tags: slackers laziness workplace bully Tech Republic worker complaints cubicle pranks MORE
Chances are that if you share something personal with your mom on the phone or your bestie in the next cubicle, others will overhear. All you have to do these days to know some of the most intimate details of someone's life is to check out Twitter or Facebook or read the person's blog. MORE
While we may hope that this will all disappear once the election is over, managers shouldn't believe that workers will once again become jolly little employees, content with the cubicle world around them. The U.S. MORE
Next time you don’t want to be interrupted while working , try posting a “5” on your office door or cubicle. If you’re not able to self-regulate – to shift gears when necessary – then you may find yourself burned out and unproductive. MORE
Smallbizlabs made the list and was very pleased to be listed between two of the top small business blogs around - Pam Slim's Escape from Cubicle Nation and Guy Kawasaki's How to Change the World. The Online Accounting Degree blog published their list of The Top 50 Blogs for Small Business Owners. MORE
Instead we work in offices and many of us automatically assume that cubicle jobs are harmless to our health. Many of us don't do physical labor for a living. After all we don't carry, lift, move or do anything that requires serious muscle work. MORE
You can change this by having inspirational items around your cubicle (you can also read more on decorating your cubicle here ). Stick it to the wall of your cubicle, but make sure that its sitting right in front of you. Home About Me Advertise Break The Routine, Inspire Yourself! MORE
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This week I highlight articles on advice for college students from a professor; creating a cubicle exit plan; an argument for walking; an easy way to test batteries; random acts of kindness; veggies you can grow from food scraps; dumb purchases to stop making; and not letting someone ruin your day. MORE
There are some steps to take when you feel you're getting caught in the middle of a cubicle tiff and you want to handle it as professionally -- and maturely -- as possible. MORE
Your collection of snow globes – now numbering somewhere in the dozens – is quite eye-catching, covering nearly every available space in your cubicle. Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business found that if more than one in five items that adorn a worker’s office or cubicle are personal in nature, others may view that as unprofessional. Tags: cubicle professional image work space MORE
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Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you work in a cubicle, here are some guidelines to follow for good cubicle etiquette: You see the person you wish to talk to on the phone. If you are going to enter another staff members cubicle, make sure to knock first.
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The green-eyed monster now rears itself not on the playground, but in the cubicle. When I was in grade school, every year I had to put up with someone I'll call "Mary" in my classes.
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On The Job
JANUARY 29, 2008
I'm still waiting on the Kennedy family to endorse this blog, but until then, let's see what I can round up for this Tidbit Tuesday: * That will teach you to go on vacation: If you want to see the ultimate cubicle prank, check out this posting from the folks at TechRepublic. Tags: slackers laziness workplace bully Tech Republic worker complaints cubicle pranks
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That’s why you consider yourself a good colleague – certainly not like that annoying person in the cubicle next to you. It’s one thing to turn your cubicle into a toxic waste dump, but it’s another when your slovenly habits affect others. You’re never late for meetings.
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Workers in these spaces consistently report making more connections, learning skills faster, and feeling more inspired and in control than their cubicle-dwelling counterparts inside large companies.
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Do you want to walk over to their cubicle while their talking loudly on the phone and give them a piece of your mind?
On The Job
AUGUST 22, 2016
Decisions are often made easily and unanimously and life seems to flow smoothly among the cubicles. Isn't it nice when everyone at work seems to get along? But a new study says that such harmony may have a downside.
Professional Assistant Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2008
You can change this by having inspirational items around your cubicle (you can also read more on decorating your cubicle here ). Stick it to the wall of your cubicle, but make sure that its sitting right in front of you. Home About Me Advertise Break The Routine, Inspire Yourself!
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Next time you don’t want to be interrupted while working , try posting a “5” on your office door or cubicle. If you’re not able to self-regulate – to shift gears when necessary – then you may find yourself burned out and unproductive.
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NOVEMBER 7, 2016
While we may hope that this will all disappear once the election is over, managers shouldn't believe that workers will once again become jolly little employees, content with the cubicle world around them. The U.S.
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OCTOBER 31, 2016
to a colleague in a nearby cubicle, you're not alone. If you're tempted to yell "Shut the $#% up!" As it turns out, loud-talking co-workers are so annoying it has prompted researchers to study it.
On The Job
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But those who get it right can not only feel good about what they've done, but also garner some goodwill among the cubicles. With Cyber Monday in full swing, it's bound to dawn on you sooner or later that you need to consider what -- if any -- gifts you will give co-workers or your boss.
On The Job
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Chances are that if you share something personal with your mom on the phone or your bestie in the next cubicle, others will overhear. All you have to do these days to know some of the most intimate details of someone's life is to check out Twitter or Facebook or read the person's blog.
Office Dynamics
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Unkempt work spaces are becoming a productivity issue as offices become more cramped and cubicles replace private offices. Organizational Skills - Clean Up Your Stuff! Messy desks are no longer just an office eyesore.
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
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Steer away cubicles, drab furniture and neutral colors. It’s important that companies take into account workforce demographics, so they can effectively manage and utilize their talents for future growth. By 2020, 46 percent of your employees will be millennials. This new generation of workers are similar to older generations, as they desire adequate compensation, growth opportunities and challenging work.
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Which environment creates more value: one where employees have autonomy to pursue a challenging, purpose-driven career, or one where he or she is constrained to a cubicle, micro-managed, and challenged with unnecessary meetings? Minutia will undoubtedly begin to surface: last-minute meetings, email clutter, water cooler conversations and cubicle invasions. In practice, this may mean you work from a location other than your cubicle.
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MARCH 16, 2008
I work in a cubicle and hear things going on around me all the time. If my co-worker in the next cubicle is away and someone comes looking for her I usually know where she has gone as we regularly call out to each other where we are going as we rush off to do a photocopying job or send a fax. Tags: cubicle professional assistant neighbours listening eavesdropping Administrative Assistant It is amazing what you pick up from your neighbours.
Small Business Labs
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
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On The Job
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007
Your collection of snow globes – now numbering somewhere in the dozens – is quite eye-catching, covering nearly every available space in your cubicle. Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business found that if more than one in five items that adorn a worker’s office or cubicle are personal in nature, others may view that as unprofessional. Tags: cubicle professional image work space
On The Job
MAY 11, 2009
The guy in the cubicle next to yours; 2. It could be the woman in the cubicle next to you, or if you’re the boss, members of your own team, who can help you.”
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NOVEMBER 30, 2016
If work isn’t done right every single time, it could lead to dangers that someone in a cubicle might never face. A major flaw in our system of government, and even in industry, is the latitude allowed to do less than is necessary. Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, father of the nuclear U.S.
On The Job
OCTOBER 10, 2012
We become more emotionally sensitive, and find ourselves battling the green-eyed monster in our cubicle. Most of us have had feelings of jealousy or envy in our lives, but nowhere may it be more difficult to deal with than in the workplace.
On The Job
MARCH 25, 2011
So it's a little difficult to gripe at a cubicle mate for talking too loudly on a cellphone when you've been guilty of doing the same thing — or something equally obnoxious. What's the rudest behavior you've seen at work by someone with a smartphone in their hand?
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NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Perhaps the old-fashioned workplace ― with its small cubicles, petty politics, and occasional fights over parking spaces ― has already outlived its usefulness. A co-working space can change a business in profound and positive ways.
Productivity Bits
OCTOBER 20, 2016
Companies should embrace both the open plan type office and the cubicle design, to provide workers with a choice. As an active employee, you spend a significant part of your day at the office.
Office Dynamics
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Get together with your cubicle buddies and set some ground rules. Last week, I was researching the pros and cons of today’s collaborative (open-space) work environment.
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No, they're delving into deeper subject matters and have just named their winner of the saddest-cubicles contest. Tags: personal disconnect behavior problems saddest cubicle I've raced around the Web today, trying to find items for this Tidbit Tuesday. I figure I've burned off at least one of the pieces of pecan pie that I shoved into my face over the holiday (is this what is known as wishful thinking?).
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JANUARY 10, 2012
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This week I highlight articles on advice for college students from a professor; creating a cubicle exit plan; an argument for walking; an easy way to test batteries; random acts of kindness; veggies you can grow from food scraps; dumb purchases to stop making; and not letting someone ruin your day.
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While producer Peter Guber doesn't expect you to drive a Batmobile or enlist Tom Cruise to work in the cubicle next door, he says that learning to tell an entertaining story can help you achieve your goals.
On The Job
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There are some steps to take when you feel you're getting caught in the middle of a cubicle tiff and you want to handle it as professionally -- and maturely -- as possible.
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AUGUST 29, 2016
The common practice was for folks to be in cubicles in big office spaces, smashing away at their digital work and using hardwired telephones to make anxious phone calls to big clients. Business isn’t what it used to be.
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JANUARY 10, 2011
Don't stop by a co-worker's cubicle and sweep papers off a chair so you can plop your butt down and dig in for a nice long chat. Do you think other people in the workplace are rude? If you have a pulse, the answer is probably "yes," or "hell, yes."
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