Now that many of us are returning to the office, people are going to be sitting in cubicles again. If you’re one of those people, you know that there can be a lot of distractions. Without office walls to separate you from your coworkers, you probably have to deal with a lot of background noise(…)
Before the COVID-19 crisis, we certainly used technology to communicate at work. We made phone calls. We sent emails and instant messages. And maybe, occasionally, we participated in an online meeting or video conference call. But today, with many of us working from home, technology has suddenly become the primary way to communicate with clients(…)
Have you ever emailed a question or request to a colleague, only to get no response? It’s kind of hard to know what to do! You need the issue to be addressed – but at the same time, you don’t want to keep harassing the person and come across as an annoying pest. I had(…)
I have a strange last name. And it’s not pronounced the way it looks, which causes added confusion. So I’m used to people mispronouncing my name, and I no longer try to correct them. It happens at work all the time. If people get it vaguely right, that’s good enough for me. But it seems(…)
Human interactions can sometimes be so complex and awkward! If you’ve ever waved back at someone who wasn’t actually waving at you, or forgotten someone’s name two seconds after the person told you what it was, you know what I’m talking about. That’s why I particularly enjoyed this list of “The 11 Most Awkward Moments(…)
I work in a friendly, busy building. People are always coming and going – which means that I’m often holding the door for fellow coworkers. This seems like the right thing to do. If there’s someone right behind you as you’re entering a building, you should hold the door, right? But what if the person is 10 feet(…)
I have business cards, but I must admit that I find it harder and harder to see the point of them. Quite often, I will ask a colleague to send me an email with contact information because that’s efficient and environmentally friendly. If you travel globally, however, think again. In many cultures, particularly Asian ones, the(…)