Tag Archive: Incivility

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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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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Nov 30 2009

Handling conflict

By Frank Newberry, PitchCare.com In these difficult times of increased workloads and higher anxiety levels, conflict in the workplace can so easily arise. Consultant and Conference Speaker, Frank Newberry, argues that conflict at work is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, conflict has always been around; it is natural and healthy and can lead …

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Aug 28 2009

Rudeness hits the bottom line

By Brian Amble, Management Issues Can you put a cost on bad manners? Does politeness pay? According to a US business school professor, the answer is an emphatic “yes” – in fact the cost of bad behaviour can run into millions. USC Marshall School of Business professor Christine Porath and co-author Christine Pearson, a professor …

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