Office Etiquette: Page 2

Starting a Business

Mind Your Manners: Institute of Modern Etiquette Founder Siama Qadar Explains How

Good business etiquette can help entrepreneurs to avoid internal and external conflict.

Culture

As Your Culture Goes, So Goes Your Company.

Society tolerates behaviors inimical to the wellbeing of your company.

Employee Experience & Recruiting

Are Your Co-Workers Driving You to Quit?

It's not just your boss who can drive you nuts. A host of factors can make co-workers unbearable.

Employee Experience & Recruiting

If You Think You're Overqualified for Your Job, It Could Ruin Your Career

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Leadership

Ask the Etiquette Expert: How to Handle a Hugger

Negotiating personal space takes finesse when dealing with the overly affectionate.

Science & Technology

Ask the Etiquette Expert: 8 Rules for Texting at Work

An employee vexed by a co-worker's texting needs to politely speak up or back off.

Branding

A Dozen Ways You Don't Realize You Are Making a Bad Impression at Work

First impressions are important but so is the impression are making day after day with your team.

Leadership

8 Stupid Office Rules That Drive Everyone Crazy

When companies create ridiculous and demoralizing rules to halt the outlandish behavior of a few individuals, it's a management problem.

Thought Leaders

5 Ways to Work With People Who Annoy You

Good manners, deep breaths and boundaries solve most problems happily enough.

Thought Leaders

The Benefits of Crying at Work

Tears often accompany an earnest show of emotion. It feels risky but is really very healthy.

Living

7 Ways to Regift Sincerely and Without Getting Caught

A recycled gift, selected with great care and given with a generous heart, will be received with a smile -- so long as only you know it's recycled.

Living

7 Ways to Navigate the Office Gift-Giving Minefield

Exchanging gifts with co-workers is a pleasant custom that many people find very stressful.

Growing a Business

5 Ways to Get People to Follow Up

Don't take it personally when you don't hear back, but don't stop trying to get in touch.

Growing a Business

7 Types of Jerks Found in Every Office

Everybody is aggravating to somebody some of the time. A jerk is aggravating to everybody all the time.