From gossiping at the coffee machine to using emails to evade personal contact, today’s workspace offers numerous opportunities for passive-aggressive behaviour. Passive aggression is a masked and deliberate way of […]
How to Identify Passive-Aggressive People
“Behind the smile, a hidden knife!” This is an ancient Chinese proverb that aptly describes passive aggressive people. Many of us can easily spot overtly aggressive people. While it does […]
How to Deal with a Passive-Aggressive Boss
Bad bosses are not just a nuisance at the workplace. A leader’s overly critical, manipulative, credit-taking and passive-aggressive behaviour can cause workplace depression, bullying, psychological distress and job dissatisfaction among […]
6 Tips to Deal with Aggressive Behaviour
Most of us encounter hostile and aggressive behaviour at some point in our lives. You may come across people showing signs of frustration even at the slightest hint of an […]
How to Deal with a Passive-Aggressive Coworker
Thanks to its ‘passive’ nature, passive-aggressive behaviour is often difficult to spot. Once uncovered, passive-aggressiveness is also difficult to eliminate, especially in the professional atmosphere of an office. Most of […]
10 Observations of Smart People
Smart people do smart things. This is a fundamental concept that has been tried and tested true in numerous studies. Smart people are incredibly important to society. The reason being […]
Cause and Effect Assumptions
Our house is surrounded with gum trees. A hot Summer is a nervous time for bushfires etc. Then I had a visitor who told me the answer was simple. He’d […]
Blaming Other People
I was at an organisation last week when all the computers malfunctioned. It was chaotic to say the least. Everyone was out of their chairs stomping around. After a short […]
How to Improve Salesmanship and Grow your Business
Being an entrepreneur also means that you are a salesman and therefore need to make sure you have an excellent sales process in place. Selling is where you make your […]
How New Managers Can Lead Without Disrupting Productivity
The success of any business is heavily influenced by the efficiency and skill of its managers. Managers play a key role within an organization and contribute to the growth of […]
7 Keys to Developing Resilience
Most of you may remember about the itsy-bitsy spider who climbed the water spout. And then it rained and the little spider was unfortunately, washed out. However, after the sun […]
4 Ways to Effectively Build a Personal Brand
A great personal brand reflects expertise and facilitates transparency, which are crucial to establish yourself as an authoritative and credible voice in your business, industry or a chosen field of […]