Category: Workplace Success

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How Organizational Leadership Fits With Human Resources

Organizational leadership is often paired with human resources. Some see the two as different sides of the same coin while others view it as two separate disciplines. While each plays a specific role, they do overlap in certain areas.

Human resources focuses primarily on the employment process from recruitment to termination and is task-focused. HR …

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How to Build Stronger Relationships While Working Remotely

More people are working from home than ever before. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdowns have necessitated swift pivots to remote working globally. Even companies that were previously opposed to employees working from home have had to adapt. Furthermore, it looks like remote working is here to stay. According to a recent Gartner study, around …

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How to Create a Workplace Culture of Acceptance

This week I would like to include David Mesa’s ideas and opinions about creating a workplace culture of acceptance in my article. David Mesa, Chief Development Officer of PJ’s Coffee, an experienced leader with over 25 years at the management level has created robust company culture through building trust, acceptance and understanding with his team …

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Your Manager is Not Your Friend

It is ok to have a friendly relationship with coworkers. Actually, this makes the work day much more enjoyable. However, becoming friends with direct reports is a little trickier. As the boundaries are getting blurrier in corporate America and the workplaces are shifting to a more casual environment, especially young employees are having difficulty in …