What Is Causing All The Incivility In Our Workplaces?
WHAT IS CAUSING ALL THE INCIVILITY IN OUR WORKPLACES? Is this what you think your staff looks, managers? Thinking, maybe. Happy and compatible, unfortunately not likely. Bad behavioral choices in employees can be costly in [...]
I Am Way Too Sick & Tired To Be Nice To You!
Is it possible that we are literally too sick and tired to be nice? Maybe. Rudeness and retention do not mix. Managers, your employees say so. Sad to say, they would rather have less money [...]
How Do We Solve The Problem Of Incivility In The Workplace?
So, managers, who're worse: the folks in the other room or those who are spying on them? Who is right and who is wrong really doesn’t matter as long as whatever the inappropriate behaviour is [...]
Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures
As Henry David Thoreau said, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” If Thoreau were experiencing life at work today and over the next decade as we make our way towards 2025, I [...]
Crushed by Incivility at Work!
Workplace statistics show that the majority of us are physically exhausted, stressed, and over extended, and many of us are miserable in our jobs. We’re worn down and less resilient than we once were. [...]
Cellphone Manners And Rudeness
CELLPHONE MANNERS AND RUDENESS At last count, there were 20 MILLION more cellphones than people in the United States... and 3/4 of those polled...75% - say that people using cell phones have gotten ruder and [...]
Business Etiquette In An Electronic World
BUSINESS ETIQUETTE IN AN ELECTRONIC WORLD A giant percentage of business communication in today's world takes place via email. Communication in an electronic world is even more important than it has ever been. Losing the [...]
March Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Mar 1, Winnipeg, MB) In the Month of March, The Civility Center Reminds Us - "Each of us has the right and responsibility to improve the community, I am a resource and [...]
Workplace Dissatisfaction Is Rampant
WORKPLACE DISSATISFACTION IS RAMPANT Everyone has a "bad boss" story. Some have "bad boss" horror stories. In fact, it is reported that "25% of managers who admitted to having behaved badly said they were uncivil [...]
Retention – Retaining The Customer
RETENTION - Retaining The Customer We spoke in yesterday's blog about how important it is to a business to retain a well trained employee rather than losing that employee and hiring and retraining someone else. [...]
RETENTION – Retaining The Employee
RETENTION - Retaining The Employee - One of the biggest issues for today's managing executive Employee retention is one of the biggest issues facing managing executives. In an environment where companies still have to compete [...]
Is Your Workplace Toxic? Bullying Doesn’t Just Happen In The SchoolYard!
BULLYING DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN IN THE SCHOOL YARD - HOW TO MAKE A TOXIC WORKPLACE SAFE - AND READY FOR BUSINESS - AGAIN! The word "bullying" conjures up memories of being pushed around in the [...]