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The article offers the author's tips for ameliorating the web search skills of employees. He mentions the need for specifying search for good results and use of the web search engine Google. He also notes the introduction of Internet firm Google Inc.'s Hummingbird search algorithm which provides comprehensive results than its predecessors.

The article provides tips for maintaining an office professional's focus on a specific task. It mentions the need to eliminate external distractions, plan ahead of time before giving a presentation, and request for aid from co-workers. It suggests to utilize alerts and reminders to monitor one's task. Jay Acunzo of Internet marketing firm HubSpot Inc. notes that focusing on detail makes a professional employee a top contributor to the organization.

The article offers information on how to identify employees hate their managers. The author mentions that the negative behaviors of employees can remove the pleasure of the jobs of managers. Moreover, the different problems experienced by managers and their corresponding solutions are also mentioned.

The article offers tips on how to build a closely-bonded team in work environment. The author states that establishing close bonded team can result to gut-level drive and emotional connection needed in becoming successful. Moreover, to achieve close-bonded team include forming unique relations with team members, understanding other member's job responsibilities, and creating opportunities to build relationships.

The article provides tips for strengthening one's password which involve selecting words with 12 characters with upper and lowercase letters, symbols and numbers that are easier to remember as well as confidentiality.

The article provides tips for acquiring request approval from employers. These involve preparation, timing and flexibility. It notes to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of one's proposal to bosses as well as consider their perspectives. Furthermore, blogger Altson Green points out to maintain confidence and learn from failures or mistakes.

The article offers tips on how managers can convey tough words to workers who are not ready for promotions. It mentions the need for managers to convey the message efficiently to the concerned employee that he or she is not the right person for the new job. It notes that an action plan can be discussed with the employees that can improve their skills for a better shot at the next promotion. It also emphasizes that team members can be guided toward achieving untapped potential.

The article offers information on the seven career-damaging phrases that must not be addressed to supervisors. Among the key issues that must not be stated verbally to managers include the job coverage, work overload, and the lack of clarifying work-related issues. ResumeOK chief executive officer (CEO) Felix Tarcomnicu adds that mere gestures or facial expressions can also be detrimental and can lead to miscommunication.

The article offers information on how to overocome fears of public speaking. It suggests ways on how to become a polished public speaker by not memorizing one's speech, rehearsing in front of family and friends, and engaging with audience. In addition, it adds that the speaker must remember to breathe, seek out a friend, and must not expect perfection.

The article offers information on how managers can create a personal brand that represents a promise or guarantee that others can rely upon. The need for a manager to have a strong moral compass that guides one through difficult situations is mentioned. It cites personal vision as another vital component of a manager's brand. It states workplace behavior that must be avoided to protect one's personal brand such as lack of self-discipline and succumbing to office gossip.

The article offers tips for office professionals on how to effectively manage their managers' electronic mail messages. The importance for the workers to meet with their bosses to establish guidelines and rules for the type of job is highlighted. The relevance of checking attachments in e-mails to the task is explained. The effective ways for the employees in notifying their bosses about urgent messages are described.

The article discusses what office professionals should do and should not in dining with their colleagues and their bosses.

The article offers information on the differences between a great leader and a great manager. The important distinctions are cited including the innovation of a leader and the administration of a manager, the people focused by the leader and the structure focused by the manager, and the status quo accepted by the manager and the status quo challenged by a leader. It states that a manager can be a leader by developing one's own skills and inspiring people with vision.

The article offers ways on how to keep the best employees, who continuously demonstrate their value to the organization. The need for managers to create and maintain an environment where these most valuable players feel recognized and challenged and want to continue working, rather than seek opportunities elsewhere, is mentioned. It suggests ways to keep the best employees such as fostering an environment of respect, rewarding them, and giving them ownership of their jobs.

The article offers some tips for office professionals on how to keep their managers focused at all times. It advises them to be always prepared and write down all information during business meetings. It recommends to determine communication techniques that will work best with superiors and give them time to make decisions.

The article offers some tips on how to supervise interns in the workplace including understanding manager's expectations, sharing information about the company's operations, and assigning them a work-related project.

The article offers five tips on how managers can effectively manage their virtual workers including the right tools for out-of-office team members, setting working hours and functions, and frequent communication.

The article focuses on the open communication policy as part of the company culture. It states that open communication encourages employees to share their ideas with executives and improve openness and transparency in the company. It says that the policy promotes collaboration and respect between employees and their managers. It says that despite the challenges of constraints on time of managers, the company need to formulate guidelines for the policy.

The article offers suggestions on how to decline requests without disappointing or alienating one's co-workers. The author suggests that one should take a moment to think before refusing someone's request because there may be times when one can step in briefly to provide assistance. One can politely explain that one will be unable to help because of the crowded schedule.

The article discusses the top 10 mistakes that managers make in the workplace and how they can avoid those mistakes. Some managers either ignore the process of clarifying their expectations for work performance or assign every task a high-priority status. Several managers ignore the fact there are team members who are hardworking and creative. It is not considered good for managers to cross the limits of their friendship with employees.

The article suggests how managers can inspire employees to take ownership and promise their cooperation for improving the organization. For contributing actively to their team, team members need to understand about the company's overall strategy and direction, and their place in that process, says the author. Instead of punishing a person for mistakes made, a manager should analyze the situation and work with the employee to find solutions, suggests the author.

The article offers tips on how an executive can create an easy-to-follow procedure manual so that his work is taken over successfully by someone else when he goes for a vacation, that include procedures for answering the phone calls, setting up meetings, and tracking each process in detail.

The article discusses how employees should prepare themselves for their annual performance review. It is stated that the documents outlining the employees' accomplishments should be clearly organized and easy for the manager to review. It is suggested that employees should summarize their key achievements at the company during the past year. It is stated that employees should be prepared for criticism, accept their manager's feedback gracefully, and work to improve performance in future.

The article offers tips on how managers achieve a seamless adjustment in handling a large team. Among these tips include communicating ones expectations, matching team members to the right work and scheduling regular team meetings. The author also cites the importance of developing information-access policies and establishing an effective performance-review system.

The article offers tips for managers to prepare senior-level executive briefings on his team's initiatives and activities. It suggests the need for managers to know his audience first, address key issues and know when to get out. It mentions the significance of taking a rehearsal of the presentation at least twice to make the best impression. It also recommends that managers should take time to assess if participants expect handouts with the presentation.

The article offers tips and ideas for employees to become a better listener when interacting with top executives to help address problems, prevent miscommunication, and resolve office-related conflict.

The article offers tips and ideas for administrative assistants (admins) to become high-performing indispensable office professional. The key to maintaining high-standard professionalism and competence include an upbeat attitude and winning personality, communicating some saving suggestions, and keeping confidential information. It further suggests to stay focused on career goals, to grab opportunities for leadership, and to master multitasking skills.

The article offers suggestions on patience management and mentions the significance active listening and self-analysis.

The article offers suggestions on improving labor productivity and empowering employees. Recommendations include supporting employees by offering them the information they needed, enhancing availability in addressing their questions and assessing their decisions. The article also notes the significance of management's guidance to strengthen growth among employees.

The article discusses the ways to make the lunch hour in the office creative, enjoyable and rejuvenating. It mentions that the body will re-energize by following ways which includes moving away from the desk to take a brisk walk, listing out of top things to achieve and plan out for it and can go for an informal date during the lunch time and can relieve the stress by taking a body massage.

The article discusses the consequences of Healthy competition at a workplace which increases the productivity but it affects the performance of the employee. It mentions that employees think that stealing someone else's ideas and claiming individual credit is the best way to go ahead. It discusses the ways to encounter this above said mentality of employees which include understanding the type of personality, competitive against self and take help from the co-worker.

The article offers suggestions for crisis management in companies. It states that one should make a crisis management plan which needs to address whom to call within the company and a list of team members with responsibilities. It mentions that the plan should be distributed to each team member and a meeting should be conducted to address concerns of members. It highlights that victims should be shown compassion until they are handed over to medical staff.

The article offers suggestions on how managers can handle workplace romance. It states that managers should talk to each individual involved in a relationship if their conduct is not appropriate and to make them aware of sexual harassment policy of the company. It mentions that employees need to be told about manager's concern related to their performance and productivity in the office. It highlights that if the couple's conduct is not correct then one should try to separate the individuals.

The author offers suggestions on how to make messy employees in a business enterprise promote cleanliness around themselves including demonstration of cleanliness to them, scheduling cleaning time and rewarding employees who value cleanliness.

The author offers suggestions on how to answer unreasonable requests from head manager of a company. She states that employees can decline the request by simply providing an explanation and they can go to the human resource (HR) department of the company if unreasonable request attitude continues. She also states that employees can focus on the positive qualities of the manager in order to avoid such requests.

The article offers information on the reasons why people have fear of failure, criticism and rejection, and how to overcome them. It states that people fear failure because of trauma in the past where they failed, obsession with perfection, and harsh criticism. It notes that fear will be overcome by being persistent, learning from experiences, and trying different approaches.

The article offers guidelines that can be taken by managers in order to be considered by staff as a great leader. The guidelines include setting of goals that challenge the team, adjusting to the ways people learn, meeting them often and providing feedback. It notes that being a great leader is a rewarding experience and it contributes to job satisfaction.

The article shows the benefits, setbacks, and tips on recommending a friend or relative for a job. Benefits of recommending a person for the job include boosting influence into a company, improve business performance, and creating good karma for employment. The setbacks of recommending a job to a person include credibility being weakened, and decline in connections between a recruiter and his or her relative or friend.

The article reveals approaches to enhancing one's memory. Office workers are advised to use their five senses including sight, hearing and feeling. Workers must focus on the tasks given to them to enable their brains to monitor their activities, to enable recalling them. Other ways to boost memory include creating connections, consuming healthy meals, and repetition.

The article discusses the issues in human resource management. It focuses on the risks and benefits of hiring a friend or relative in one's company. Among the disadvantages are the friend or relative can take advantage of the status and can change relationships. The advantages include the friend or relative is already familiar with the firm.

The article offers tips to company managers on how to stay focus at work, including the elimination of distractions, doing one thing at a time, and living a healthier life.

The article offers tips on how to make office greener which includes installing timers or motion sensors to reduce electricity, placing recycling bins in high-traffic areas and using nontoxic cleaning products in workplace.

The article offers tips on how to stay focused and minimize interruptions, which generally comes in the form of phone calls, emails and people, while working at the office. It represents different types of interruptions that can be avoided to save time including requesting co-workers to only interrupt on a serious issue or directing them to the appropriate resource. Other tips discussed include eliminating bad habits, keeping track of time and developing habit of saying "no."

The article offers information on the guidelines for conducting exit interviews with departing team member to gain insights on management style and improvement of future employees' condition. It suggests sharing in advance the list of questions prepared to the interviewee, ensuring confidentiality, and providing options for feedback. It notes that the information from the departing team member can help in the retention of employees and recruitment of employees who fit for the organization.

The article focuses on team agreement in business which clarifies objectives and establishes criteria for unacceptable and acceptable behavior. It mentions the benefits of the said agreement such as foundation for growth of trusting relationship, accountability, and public declaration of the goals of the team. It also discusses the steps in the creation of the team agreement.

The article discusses the common mistakes of professionals while planning a meeting and provides the guidelines to attain a successful meeting.

The article provides tips for socializing in the corporate meetings and events. It includes the tips such as sharing each others bad job experiences, getting to know the participants by all participants talking to each other personally, and making the participants to pin their hometown on the map and speak about it.

The article discusses ways on how to successfully manage new employees. The author states that managers should communicate their expectations, acquaint the new hire with the culture, and create a supportive, collaborative, and feedback-rich environment. He mentions that it is important to make new employees feel comfortable so that they can quickly reach their goals. He notes that replacing the average employee costs $3,000 to $13,000 according to studies compiled by Sasha Corp.

The article discusses five steps to create an atmosphere of trust in the workplace which include delegating responsibilities, avoiding overreaction, and communicating.

The article offers several steps on how to become a better public speaker. It is suggested that a speaker should be enthusiastic about the topic and should connect with it emotionally. It adds that thorough practice and rehearsal of the presentation is required so that the speaker becomes comfortable in speaking directly to the audience. Further, it is suggested that a speaker should seek for friendly faces from the audience so that their positive response boosts his/her confidence.