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Putting Lipstick on a Pig Is Not Enough to Make It Pretty
When putting lipstick on a pig to show the entire world how pretty it is, you are actually trying to mislead, by increasing superficially its value and beauty.

How’s Your Sense of Humor at the Office
Even if this may sound simple, the sense of humor at the office isn’t something that everyone is endowed with.

How do you work from home?
More and more companies provide you with the opportunity to work from home, depending on the nature of the activity.

You Can Lead the Horse to Water, but You Can’t Make Him Drink
This thing about leading the horse to water is an English proverb which dates back to 1100, coming most probably from the front runners of any scientists.

What Can You Do When Everyone Works Hard and the Results Don’t Show Up
So it may happen that everyone works really hard, doing everything by the book, but somehow the results don’t come.

Your Opinion Matters
Though it may not always feel so, your opinion matters regardless of where you work or how insignificant your role in the organization may seem.

Why Is It Important To Have Objectives
If you don’t have objectives it’s highly unlikely for you to function within normal parameters. Without knowing what you want to do you will not succeed.

5 Most Read Articles of 2019
You’ll find below 5 of the most read articles of 2019, a corporate, fine dining menu with vegan steaks and leadership deserts.

My Time Is Not Different From Your Time
So much was written about time management that I am certain my time is different from yours or even from the time we had yesterday in the same time frame.

Why Personnel Fluctuation Is Good
Even if the headline sounds a little odd, personnel fluctuation is actually good, from many points of view.

The Evolution from Colleague to Manager
In most companies, promoting from within is something common; nonetheless, transitioning from colleague to manager is not as easy as it seems.

What Can You Do When You Have a Poor Performance?
Even if it never happened to you to have a poor performance, it’s highly unlikely to always be at your best.

The Manager Sets the Tone for the Personal Life and the Professional Life Balance
Personal life is what, in theory, most of us appreciate the most. In theory. In practice though, most of the times you have a freaking deadline.

How to Accept a Compliment
In the highly (unlikely) situation that someone pays you a compliment at the office about your daily activity you should react accordingly.

Do You Look Out the Window or in the Mirror?
Mister Collins was saying that if you look out the window instead of in the mirror, it’s possible you are not doing the right thing.

What Can You Do With a Poorly Performing Employee
No, you should not let a poorly performing employee go. At least not on the first warning, because then you will end up alone in the company.

Why Education Plays an Important Role in Your Career
As odd as it may seem, education plays an important role in the evolution of your career. From interview to promotion, education helps a lot.

You Can’t Even Imagine How Much You Can Achieve Without Email
I am not starting a cult called “Without email”, but if you are employed – you are in great danger for the electronic letter to eat your heart out.

Everyone Cooks the Soup with the Same Water
What I mean is that basically everyone starts from the same water when cooking a soup and that getting to a different result/flavor is totally up to us.

To Get a Good Answer, You Need to Ask the Right Question
The right question will always help you get a good answer. If you don’t know how to ask, you will get the wrong answer.

Respect You Earn, It’s Not Attached to Your Business Card
Once you are promoted to a new position, you may expect it to come along with the respect of your colleagues or superiors.

A Lying Salesman Won’t Earn Much
Generally speaking, a liar loses credibility fast, but a lying salesman may easily decrease the value of a certain product, service or even the brand.

You Cannot Treat Every Employee the Same
It’s the same as stating that every employee is different, that they don’t have the same needs and don’t respond to the same kind of motivation.

Why Don’t You Sneeze With Your Eyes Open?
Of course you can sneeze with your eyes open, is just that your body’s reflexes won’t allow you to, not before they activate the defense system.

Nothing Will Work When You’re Not OK
Everything around has a direct or indirect connection to what you do and nothing will work when you’re not OK.

On Being Wrong
If you feel you have never done anything wrong, relax, it certainly did happen. Maybe no one told you, maybe you didn’t realize it.

Can You Say No?
It may seem very obvious, but each time you say no to others, you say yes to yourself. This is very helpful when it comes to a better self management.

You Learn More From Your Colleagues, Than From Your Managers
It’s only natural to learn more from your colleagues than from a manager, simply because you spend more time together.

Why Going Back to A Company You Worked For?
When you get a job at a new company, it may happen that you won’t find there all that you have hoped for and then it’s very likely to think about going back to your previous employer.

Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
You’d better spend time considering why you comparing yourself to others. What does this do for you other than making you a little or a lot frustrated?