| | Vol. 13 No. 9 - ISSN: 1533-3698 January 21, 2012 Dear People: I write a lot about how to deal with difficult people at work. The website also overflows with information about how to deal with bad bosses. Readers make more comments about their bad bosses than any other topic on the site. Other than why many readers hate HR, dealing with difficult people at work tops your list of interests: ten more tips for dealing with difficult people. But, except for an unlucky few, most people spend most of their time with everyday, normal, ordinary people at work. Read more... Do you know that I write a new blog post every day? Check out the blog in the center column on my home page. Comments, questions, suggestions? Email Me. Please forward this newsletter, in its entirety, to your colleagues, coworkers and friends, because you want to add value to their work and lives. Regards and wishing you and yours the best this weekend, Susan | | 12 Tips for Team Building People in every workplace talk about building the team, working as a team, and my team, but few understand how to create the experience of team work or how to develop an effective team. Belonging to a team, in the broadest sense, is a result of feeling part of something larger than yourself... Read more... | Top 10 Ways to Destroy Motivation at Work Want to know how organizations destroy motivation at work? Managers ask about how to motivate employees, but employees naturally experience motivation. Ask any employee. Something in this world rings their chimes. So, the challenge for employers is not to destroy that intrinsic motivation that every employee has about something. And, the challenge for a manager is to help the employee find ways to experience that motivation at work. The best place to start? | 20 Dumb Things Organizations Do to Mess Up... Even the best organizations periodically make mistakes in dealing with people. They mess up their opportunity to create effective, successful, positive employee relations. They treat people like children and then ask why people fail so frequently to live up to their expectations. Managers apply different rules to different employees and wonder why workplace negativity is so high. People work hard and infrequently receive positive feedback. Find out what else... | Your Worst Job - Ever? Some of you said that what didn't kill you, made you strong or a better person. Others said, "Despite the fact that this was no doubt a character-building experience, if I had it to do over again, I'd leave after the first day, without giving notice." And, some of you did leave, as fast as you could get out of there on your first break... Read more... | | | | Human Resources Ads | | | | Featured Articles | | | | More from About.com | | | | | | Living with Depression By obtaining the correct medical intervention and learning better coping skills, you can not only live with depression, but live well. More>
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