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Have You Experienced a Female Bully at Work?
According to a recent article about female bullies in the workplace, only 40 percent of workplace bullies are women, but their targets are usually other women. (Male bullies, according to researchers, target men and women equally.)
Peggy Klaus, an executive coach in Berkeley, CA, calls women bullying other women in the workforce "the pink elephant" in the room, particularly, she says, because "[we] are supposed to be the nurturers and the supporters.”
So what exactly is bullying and why would women primarily target other women? To hear some opinions, read more
Would You Join a Lunch Club?
I'm always talking about starting a Lunch Club — note to Sugar HQ: I'll do it someday, honest — where I organize lunch outings to various tasty eateries. However, I've never thought of starting a Lunch Club where people take turns making food for each other.
I recently discovered a Cooking Light article spotlighting the folks at Room and Board.
Stress, Your Work Place and Control
Usually when I write about control it is in relationship to a Pilates move, but researchers on job burnout study control as well. Twenty years ago, psychologists believed that lack of control and high workloads were the main workplace stress inducers. Christina Maslach, a researcher based at UC Berkeley, begs to differ with that old line of thought.
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Have You Committed a Workplace Faux Pas?
A new CareerBuilder survey asked people to fess up about what they call workplace taboos: If they'd ever kissed a co-worker, drank alcoholic beverages on the job, or spread rumors about colleagues. Thirty-five percent of respondents have locked lips with a co-worker, 31 percent have boozed it up at the office, and 19 percent admitted they'd spread rumors about a colleague. I'm not sure about the kissing a co-worker choice as being taboo — after all, we know how common and accepted work relationships are becoming.
Do You Know Your Work Email and Productivity Facts?
Love it or hate it, email has become the chief form of communication in the workplace. We apply for jobs via email, we send our reports via email, we communicate with clients, our bosses, our co-workers and even our nonwork pals throughout our busy workday via our special @ address. Have you ever stopped to think about how quickly you react to new messages, or how much time you're actually spending reading emails?
Mally Roncal Shares Workplace-Friendly Makeup Tips
There's a time and place for sparkly blue eye shadow, and 9:30 a.m. at work is not it. (Unless, of course, you work at Cirque du Soleil, in which case, have at it.) For most of us, looking professional is about looking polished.
Passive-Aggressive Workplace Venting
When you don't have anything nice to say, spell it out with lettered stickers.
No one will notice.
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Savvy Links: No One Likes a Bully in the Workplace
Have You Ever Had a Friendship Go Awry in the Workplace?
Office politics can weigh heavily on the dynamics of friendships fostered in the workplace. Depending on your roles at the company, competition and jealousy over a promotion can jeopardize friendly ties with a co-worker — even if you thought you were BFFs.
As a good rule of thumb, it's always best to approach friendships at the office cautiously, but in many cases, co-workers easily become fast friends since they have so much in common.
Ricky Gervais — Love Him or Leave Him?
Ricky Gervais is trying his hand at yet another workplace-centered TV comedy! The soon-to-be Golden Globes host and scribe behind The Office is lending his talents to PhoneShop, which follows a guy working at a phone store at the mall. Mundane jobs are Gervais's specialty, so it's bound to be hilarious — but for now, it's only set to air in the UK.
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