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How To Strengthen Your Workforce: Cultivate Growth Opportunities For Women

Allwork

As companies make strides for workplace inclusivity, working women continue to face fewer career ladder opportunities. Although growth opportunities for women are generally expanding, there is a long way to go to reach an inclusive workplace. they earn only 22% of bachelors in engineering and 20% in computer science. Census Bureau.

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Time For Administrative Professionals To Stay Vigilant!

Office Dynamics

This may lead one to ask: Is this the new paradigm of acceptable behavior in the workplace today? Corporate America has embraced the harassment-free workplace and is not reversing its position. Some behaviors can be argued as legally actionable and some cannot. Then, you may quickly go down the rabbit hole of legal action.

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Procrastination at Work: How to Practice Better Time Management

BMT Office Administration

Wasting time online is by far the most prevalent type of procrastination seen at work, as CareerBuilder lists the following as the top workplace distractions: Smartphone use. The jobs included legal secretaries, food and beverage staff, computer system administrators, salespeople, and library assistants. Internet surfing. Social media.

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I know that is easier said than done because low self esteem may be the roadblock. I found this link to the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale which has some questions we can ask ourselves to see where we are on the self esteem scale. Now that’s positive self talk. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. (for

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I thought she had the potential to be a great assistant except for her low self esteem and she would put herself down when she made a mistake. One of the biggest issues surrounding substance abuse in the workplace are the lies required to keep up the front that everything is ok. One day she just up and quit. Superb commentary.