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How To Successfully Combat Workplace Bullying And Harassment To Foster A Safe Work Environment

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Toxic Workplaces: Breeding Grounds for Workplace Bullying Toxic workplaces are mostly characterized by infighting, intimidation, and gossip. They rarely provide a safe space for employees to voice their concerns and address problems proactively; rather, they foster an environment of negativity, competition, and hostility.

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Why My Imperfections Are My Greatest Strengths

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It helps us make sense of our environment. We dub them “rude” in our mental filing cabinet, perhaps conflating social anxiety or a bad day with “rude.” We carry this type of defining language into our professional lives, using terms like the “office gossip” or the “brown-noser.”. A popular student is rude to us in high school.

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Retrieve Your Files With Ease

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Home About Me Advertise Retrieve Your Files With Ease By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you have quite a bit of filing to do? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer.

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Attracting Productivity: Work Environments

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Home About Me Advertise Attracting Productivity: Work Environments By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Job Seeking , Networking , Productivity D o you think of yourself as a productive person? The work environment is great and I have an amazing boss.

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Procrastination at Work: How to Practice Better Time Management

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Procrastination can manifest itself in several different ways in a work environment, and it’s important to familiarize yourself with each type, which includes: Online procrastination. Examples include: Gossiping with co-workers. Read on to learn more about the causes of procrastination and how you can stop it in its tracks.

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Co-Workers Annoying You?

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By The Professional Assistant on Monday, December 31, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity A re your co-workers annoying you at work by talking to loudly? I also work in an environment where it gets a little too loud at times. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Dispelling the Personal Assistant myth

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We are no longer referred to as ‘the girl’ and we certainly do not have to balance our feminine charms with a can do attitude in a male dominated office environment. We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. We still need to maintain confidentiality.

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