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Part 1. Major Time Wasters: What Employees Can Do Today In Order to Enhance Their Productivity

Posted on November 9, 2015October 25, 2018 by Beverly Flaxington
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America is a global economic superpower obsessed with competitiveness — but are we as productive as we could be? While […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged productivity, time management
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How Changing the “Frame” Can Help Reshape Experiences with Colleagues

Posted on October 19, 2015October 25, 2018 by Beverly Flaxington
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Oct

Imagine the following scenario: You are assigned to a new team for a project and while most of your new […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged attitude, behavioral preferences, cognitive restructuring, communication, negative situation, positive situation, reframing, team building, understanding behavior
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Identifying and Removing Obstacles

Posted on September 25, 2015July 13, 2017 by Beverly Flaxington
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Sep

We all face numerous obstacles at work, large and small. When you have a team, additional problems can surface based […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged control, obstacles, overcome obstacles
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Get The Most From Your Subordinates With These 11 Do’s And Don’ts Of Providing Effective Feedback

Posted on September 14, 2015July 13, 2017 by Beverly Flaxington
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Sep

Guest blog by: Jillian Petrova Employees require effective feedback in order to deliver their best at work, and it is […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged effective feedback, feedback, negative feedback, positive feedback
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Feuding Employees: 5 Practical Tips For Managing Employee Conflict

Posted on September 11, 2015October 11, 2017 by Beverly Flaxington
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Sep

Sometimes the hardest part of a job isn’t even doing the job itself, but rather dealing with the difficult people […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged employee conflict, employee disagreement, employee feuds, group conflict, internal conflict, internal disagreements, office bickering
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How to Deal with an Angry Employee

Posted on September 1, 2015July 13, 2017 by Beverly Flaxington
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Sep

It takes all kinds of people to work together to make a team perform at its best. Unfortunately, at times […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged angry employee, difficult employees, irate employees, negative behavior, negative employee, team building
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Too Stuck in Your Ways? The Upside and Downside to Being Compliant

Posted on July 13, 2015October 25, 2018 by Beverly Flaxington
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Jul

The “High Cs” They are always on time, never miss a meeting or a deadline, and invariably know what is […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged behavioral preferences, compliance, DISC, performance
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On Teambuilding: Essential Components of Building Highly Effective Teams

Posted on June 25, 2015July 13, 2017 by Beverly Flaxington

Let’s Talk Teams Why? For one, because in a modern workplace employees don’t often work in complete isolation from one […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged dysfunctional teams, effective teams, team leader, team members, team success, teambuilding, teamwork, teamwork and DISC
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Developing Employees into Brand Ambassadors, Building Up Your Brand

Posted on June 18, 2015July 13, 2017 by Beverly Flaxington
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Jun

A company’s brand is undeniably one of its greatest assets, and some of the best-managed companies of the world devote […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged brand, brand ambassadors, brand management, brand strategies, branding, business branding, company branding, company brands, marketing strategies, professional branding
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Making Business Partnerships Work: 5 Steps to Success

Posted on May 19, 2015July 13, 2017 by Beverly Flaxington
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May

Business partnerships are in many ways similar to marriages. In fact, they require the same, if not even greater, amount […]

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Posted in Blog  |  Tagged business partners, business partnerships, business relationships, partnerships, professional partners, professional partnerships, professional relationships
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