You probably spend some time at work watching your colleagues, and thinking about how they behave and communicate. Some of what you see gives you clues as to why some people are so effective professionally, and some of what you see no doubt makes you wonder how those people can even keep their jobs. But how much time do you spend noticing how what you say and do affects others? ......

Is someone at work out to get you? Are you pretty sure they’re doing their best to sabotage your every effort? Have you spent hours and hours trying to figure out why? Do you avoid this person as much as possible?  If so, then apparently you have an enemy at work – your nemesis. Webster’s defines nemesis as “a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent”. The word comes from ......

These days there is a strong possibility your company could be acquired or could acquire another one. Large corporations stopped spending money and started laying people off about three years ago, which means that now they are sitting on piles of cash while millions of people are out of jobs. What to do with all this money? How about a big strategic purchase that will make it easier to vanquish ......

You can spend a lot of time trying to figure out why some people at work are doing some of the things they’re doing – especially when it directly affects you. The most mystifying acts are those that are completely unlike anything you would ever do. The most frustrating ones are those that get in the way of your goals and desires. While it’s true that it can help to ......

It’s hard to feel safe in your job these days, not to mention in your life. Even if you have managed to hang on to employment, you wonder how long it will last. You do the best you can to show how valuable you are, being technologically accessible at all times, driving hard toward impossible deadlines, and forgetting that you’re living in a body. If you’ve already lost your job, ......