Top 10 Quotes: Motivation, Inspiration & Workplace Fun

Here are The Workplace Word’s Top 10 curated quotes. These quotes made this list for being motivating, being workplace inspired, or being plain-old funny.  Enjoy! 1. “I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” – Jerome K. Jerome 2. “Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.” –…

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Priorities: What processes should you be focusing on in your business?

Everything you do in a business should be with the end-game in mind…Closing sales and growing your business! There’re many activities and tasks that need to be completed in order to reach the ‘end-game’.  Direct profit activities – such as creating proposals. Indirect profit activities – such as updating your blog and social media platforms.  Both direct…

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Avoid Unrealistic Deadlines: Get Your Team and Your Clients on the Same Page

Getting an opportunity to provide a proposal is exciting stuff.  After all, you worked hard to make it past the gatekeeper and get some face-to-face time with the decision maker. Bringing in information to create proposals can turn into major stumbling blocks for your team’s process if your client’s expectation and the team’s expectations don’t…

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InfoGraphic: Communicating Organizational Changes or Updates

Yay for graphics! Want to share these great tips with others in your company?  Click the share button below to send it directly to their inbox. Here are some tips to keep in mind when sending out organizational news and updating your employees: Know your audience. Who is going to read this email update? What are…

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Video: How to handle rude, passive aggressive emails.

Have you ever received a rude, snarky, or passive aggressive email? These emails can totally ruin your day and sometimes leave you wondering how you should respond. Watch this video for 4 tips on how to handle them: For more great videos like this one visit The Workplace Word YouTube Channel and consider subscribing to get notifications…

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Enter the ‘Workplace Wisdom’ GIVEAWAY:

The Workplace Word loves to GIVE!  Not only great content like productivity how-to’s, employee tips, leadership tricks, and fun videos but we also love giving awesome FREEBIES!  So to make the love of giving even better and fun, this week, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day (and Elizabeth Bower’s birthday) The Workplace Word will be…

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Try These Strategies to Keep Your Team Connected

Here are two scenarios that’ll have you rolling your eyes (in an, “I’ve been there kind of way”).  Scenario 1: “Here’re my notes from my meeting today,” Employee 1 says to Employee 2 while laying a napkin on the desk with words and scribbles on it. Employee 1 is thinking, ‘Check that off my list.’…

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What makes people happy in the workplace?

What’s the NUMBER 1 thing that makes people happy in the workplace? Any guesses? If you’re thinking money. Nope. Maybe you’re thinking benefits. Nope. Perhaps it’s time off or flexibility. Nope and nope. Now don’t get me wrong, these are all important. They carry significant weight when it comes to happiness in the workplace. But we’re…

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