communication

Hearing criticism about your work — whether it’s the deck you put together for a presentation, how you ran a sales meeting or the way you interface with coworkers — is tough. It’s also impossible to avoid — and that’s not a bad thing. “There is only one way to avoid criticism,” wrote Aristotle, is

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We are creatures of habit, be it in our actions or through our words. And when it comes to words, some common ones threaded together need to be eliminated from the workplace. Commonly used (and often overused) workplace phrases and jargon are not only annoying but can become meaningless when incorporated into conversation after conversation.

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Almost everyone wants to learn another language, but not that many commit to this self-improvement project. This usually comes down to a lack of motivation. It takes quite a bit of time and effort to become proficient in a language and even more time and effort to become fully fluent. Without a concrete motivating reason,

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Communication. It’s such a vast term that has undergone so many changes in the past few decades. Before the era of the Internet, communication involved playing phone tag all day, sending (gasp!) mail, and hosting clients (double gasp!) in person. Now, with the convenience of email, we can organize o…

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Communication. It’s such a vast term that has undergone so many changes in the past few decades. Before the era of the Internet, communication involved playing phone tag all day, sending (gasp!) mail, and hosting clients (double gasp!) in person. Now, with the convenience of email, we can organize our daily communications through our inboxes.

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Email is a convenience that the majority of modern American workers have come to rely on as a staple form of workplace communication. It’s fast, foolproof, and gets the job done. With the prevalence of 24/7 email culture, some like Hannah Jane Parkinson at The Guardian, think it’s having a negative …

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Email is a convenience that the majority of modern American workers have come to rely on as a staple form of workplace communication. It’s fast, foolproof, and gets the job done. With the prevalence of 24/7 email culture, some like Hannah Jane Parkinson at The Guardian, think it’s having a negative impact on our lives.

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