Tag Archive: Civility

Jul 14 2010

Respectful workplace policies doesn’t guarantee respectful behaviour

from ProActive ReSolutions Respectful Workplace – Challenging the Status Quo Are respectful workplace polices doing their job? The findings of the ProActive ReSolutions workplace questionnaire highlight that having respectful workplace policies doesn’t guarantee respectful behaviour. Sixty nine percent of some 8,000 employees and managers who responded to the questionnaire said they were aware of their …

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Jul 12 2010

AU: Working with the enemy

By James Adonis, The Sydney Morning Herald If you think your workplace is toxic, get a load of this. Legislators in an American town called Nottingham have voted to allow employees to bring their guns to work. Despite an online poll showing that 73 per cent of people support the move, the decision was reversed …

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Mar 10 2010

Symposium kicks off program urging people to Choose Civility

By Don Aines, The Herald-Mail From shoves to shootings, more than 1.8 million acts of workplace violence are reported yearly in the United States, according to P.M. Forni, incidents that usually “have their origins in an act of disrespect … that escalates into physical violence.” Rudeness weakens social bonds, erodes self-esteem, increases stress, hurts relationships, …

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Jan 20 2010

Be assertive without being aggressive

By Jan Kantor, marconews.com Being assertive is not necessarily being aggressive. Aggressiveness, in words or actions, is bold, forceful, dominating, final; it’s the “do it my way or else” kind of approach that tells others you’re serious about something. It affects people in diverse, often detrimental, ways. Assertiveness has more positive results. You will be …

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