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Fighting Office Dragons

Office Dynamics

Co-workers can appear to be dragons when they: gossip. It is your thought process and attitude that controls your internal dragon. Only when you decide to think and act independently will you progress toward your goal. Take Independent Steps Toward Your Goals. Determine what your goals are and write them down.

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How to Positively Slay Your Office Dragons

Office Dynamics

Co-workers can be dragons when they: gossip. Avoid gossiping. It is your thought process and attitude that controls your internal dragon. Only when you decide to think and act independently will you progress toward your goal. Office Dragons #2: Co-workers. convey a bad mood at the office. Cooperate as a team player.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

Success

That internal dialogue that each person generates while trying to sort out what they’re observing and how they feel about it, multiplied across the organization, is what creates the underlying dynamics of a company culture. This leads to gossip and politics, often just below the surface of what looks like a happy and positive culture.

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To-Do or Not To-Do? Taking Your To-Do List to the Next Level!

Professional Assistant Blog

Having a to-do list can be very helpful in accomplishing your tasks, but also setting goals. In order to set goals, you have to write them down and then prioritize them. Then, you need to assign tasks to each goal, where you break the goal down into manageable chunks. Do you want to take it to the next level?

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Thinking Differently about Difficult People

The Office Professionals Place

In order to effectively deal with the backstabbers, stubborn, mean-spirited, micromanagers, gossips, and the host of others that make the list, we must evaluate our own perceptions of these people. Approach the individual(s) in a manner that is appropriate to meet your objectives and goals. This means changing your attitude.

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Are Eu-Stressing or Dis-Stressing?

Professional Assistant Blog

You can prioritize your tasks as needed, create goals and even break down larger tasks into manageable chunks. This will help you get to your goal faster. Create a to-do list - This one is so important. Having a to-do list will help you figure out what you need to get done.

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The 4 Most Difficult Interview Questions

Professional Assistant Blog

Talk about what you feel is important to you in a professional manner and describe how you will meet these goals. Here are 4 of the most difficult interview questions that companies will ask and ways to tackle them: Where do you see yourself in X number of years? Why should we hire you?