by karlyn | Feb 23, 2016 | All Articles, For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Frameworks, Happiness, Making Good Choices
You can enhance your zen at work What does it mean to be zen at work? Well, it’s a perspective that is open to to possibilities, that looks for opportunities rather than dwelling in conflict, and that focuses internally as a means to achieve external success and...
by karlyn | Feb 20, 2015 | Building Relationships, Engagement & Morale, For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Happiness, Leadership, Making Good Choices, Managing Employees, Office Politics, Organization Culture
Give someone else a win at work, and you win too. Picture this: You’re in the midst of launching a project at work and a colleague comes to you with some ideas about an aspect of it. They have a lot of experience in that area and seem to have put a lot of...
by karlyn | Feb 3, 2015 | For Employees, Happiness, Making Good Choices, Stress & Coping, Your Questions Answered
Today, a friend of mine asked me the following: “How do you know when you should quit your job?” My answer was simple: When you just don’t care anymore. There are any number signs that are pretty clear indications that you should quit your job. Here...
by karlyn | Jan 2, 2015 | All Articles, Exercises and Assessments, For Employees, Happiness, Making Good Choices, Work-Life Balance
Ask the average employee if they have work-life balance, and the answer will be a resounding “No!”. So, how do you go about fixing it? For most people, a long look in the mirror is required to find the answer. Here’s why: Achieving work-life balance...
by karlyn | Oct 27, 2014 | All Articles, Happiness, Stress & Coping
I gave a presentation at the 2014 HighEdWeb Annual Conference called Playing Politics last week, about how to navigate the human aspects of the workplace in a positive way. It talks about how people think, and why they make the decisions they do, and adapting behavior...
by karlyn | Sep 24, 2014 | All Articles, For Employees, Happiness, Toxic Working Environments
Should you always give your employer two weeks to a month of advance notice when you are planning on leaving a job? Not necessarily. The vast majority of employees in the United States are “at will” employees. That means that your employer can fire you at...
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