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September 22, 2014

1. Twelve Tips for Team Building: How to Build Successful Work Teams.

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. Here are twelve tips for building successful work teams.

2. Tips for Minimizing Workplace Negativity.

Nothing affects employee morale more insidiously than persistent workplace negativity. It saps the energy of your organization and diverts critical attention from work and performance. Learn more about addressing workplace negativity.

3. What Great Managers Do Differently.

Great Managers break every rule perceived as “Conventional Wisdom,” when dealing with the selection, motivation, and development of staff. Learn the management success secrets of 80,000 successful Managers in human resource management and development.

4. Performance Appraisals Don't Work.

Performance appraisals, or performance reviews, as they have traditionally been approached in organizations are fundamentally flawed. The adoption of a performance management system instead will improve both employee performance and employee motivation.

5. Build a Strategic Framework: Mission Statement, Vision, Values .

Organizations whose employees understand the mission and goals enjoy a 29% greater return than other firms. U.S. workers want their work to make a difference, but 75% do not think their company's mission statement has become the way they do business. Read more to find out how to develop a successful strategic framework for your organization and yourself.

6. Top 10 Ways to Show Appreciation.

You can tell your colleagues, coworkers and staff how much you value them and their contribution any day of the year. Trust me. No occasion is necessary. In fact, small surprises and tokens of your appreciation spread throughout the year help the people in your work life feel valued all year long.

7. How to Retain Your Best Employees.

Interested in keeping your best employees when the job MARKET rebounds? Retention will be a challenge, according to a recent study. Retention requires a competitive salary and great benefits. However, retention of your best requires a whole lot more. Employee involvement, recognition, advancement, development and pay based on performance just get you started in your quest to retain your best.

8. Bad to the Bone:

Dealing With a Bad Boss or Bad Managers

You're weary. You're frustrated. You're unhappy. You're demotivated. Your interaction with your boss leaves you cold. He's a bully, intrusive, controlling, picky and petty. He takes credit for your work, never provides positive feedback and misses each meeting he schedules with you.

He's a bad boss, bad to the bone. Dealing with less than effective Managers, or just plain bad Managers and bad bosses, is a challenge too many employees face. These ideas will help you deal with your bad boss.

9. How to Demonstrate Respect at Work.

Ask anyone in your workplace what treatment they most want at work. They will likely top their list with the desire to be treated with dignity and respect. You can demonstrate respect with simple, yet powerful actions. These ideas will help you avoid needless, insensitive, unmeant disrespect, too.

10. How to Make a Potential Employer Fall in Love With You

Looking for ways to impress a potential employer?

Want to make your resume or job application stand out from the pack? In the past few weeks, I've reviewed 485 resumes and applications for 18 different positions. I've interviewed 23 candidates and brought six back for a second, more intense round of interviews. Believe me, I can tell you what rang my chimes.

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