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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.

“It’s Going To Be OK” Is Not a Long Term Strategy
Positive thinking is what helps you to move on, to progress, but without a proper strategy and some concrete actions, it’s not just “going to be OK”.

What Can You Do About the Constant Whiners?
Those constant whiners, who always complain about something, create an unpleasant environment no matter where they are, not just at the office.

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.

I Am on Vacation
To be on vacation may sound a bit out of season for us, but in some countries high season is in full swing… so, you can have it anytime.

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.

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.

Your Emergency is Not Mine
Many times we expect for things to happen in an instant, but just as often it happens that your emergency is not my emergency too.

What did I do wrong?
This is how the presumption of guilt starts, you wonder from the start “What did I do wrong?” – especially when your boss calls you for a meeting.

Back To School
As the manager/employer you need to be there when your employees children go back to school and and help when school starts.

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.

Can’t Push an Old Lady Down the Stairs and Ask Why She’s in a Hurry
You shouldn’t push an old lady down the stairs, but neither should you do that to anyone else.

You Can’t Have Performance without Measuring
You need to keep measuring every activity in order to track its progress/regress. If you go shopping for shoes, you ask for a specific size.

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 Everyone Hates Corporations
Everyone hates corporations because they are bacteria eating all our resources, of course. If we look around us, without corporations we would not be here.

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.

Useless Procedures with Annoying Results
You obviously encountered some useless procedures until now and not only they don’t solve anything, but they are really annoying.

Time Management Sucks
Dears, relying on time management techniques definitely suck and it’s a lot like treating a severe toothache with dandelion tea.

FAQ
According to an almost accurate translation, FAQ mean answers to the most frequent questions which may pop up when something new is introduced.

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.

I Trust You
Even though for many employees it may sound weird, a manager should trust you. This is how an environment where mutual respect is quickly built looks like.

Don’t Leave Any Unread Emails
If you work for a company, no matter the size, it’s quite obvious you need to deal with a whole bunch of unread emails every day.

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.

What Would People Say?
You are your worst enemy when you tell yourself you can’t do something – by considering what can people say about it – sadly, this is often the case.

Why Delegation Is So Important to a Manager
Delegation should be amongst the first chapters of the book “How to Become a Boss for Dummies”. The process itself means that you empower someone.