More than a Culinary Journey to the Caucasus Cultural differences can stall team performance by impeding people’s ability to work effectively towards shared goals. The reason is the misconceptions and tension caused by focusing on differences. Workplace diversity experts agree that people from different cultures have more similarities than they realize. In today’s globalized marketplace, […]
How to Deal with Workplace Conflict
Workplace conflict is inevitable. We can’t ignore it hoping that it would go away. In most cases, not only it will stay but will grow into bigger issues. How to deal with conflict in order to preserve productivity and positive work environment? Not all conflict is bad Some amount of healthy conflict is actually […]
THE GRAPEVINE EFFECT
Grapevine is an informal system of communication that arises freely as a result of social interactions in a workplace. It follows no specific pattern and can spread in any direction through a large complex web linking various individuals with no particular structure or order. Just as the reference to the plant in the word itself […]
The Elevator Speech
We live in a fast-pace world and usually are given no longer than 30-60 seconds to catch and hold the attention of someone who has the power to make a difference in our life. Whether you are talking to potential employers about job opportunities, proposing a new idea to your CEO or you are a […]