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Free Press Release Distribution 2007-07-31 13:22:55 808image Web Design, the owner of Workplace Management Strategies, is now offering free press release distribution service in the Workplace Management Strategies website. This free press release distribution service will cover breaking news from companies who sell products or services to the human resource department of an organization. Workplace Management Strategies provides small and medium businesses to with commentary about workplace management issues, human resources, recruitment, training, change management. Workplace Management Strategies is a site that has a page rank of 4, has 5,000 visitors per month, and growing every month. That site is updated daily and is intended to be the definitive source of news on workplace management strategies. This will be a terrific opportunity to get your breaking news to the human resource department of an organization that you are targeting. To submit press release to Workplace Management Strategies, email Nick Roy at n.roy [at] 808image [do ...

Carnival of Teams in the Workplace - August 31st Edition 2007-07-29 14:49:14 The next edition of the Carnival of Teams in the Workplace has been set. It will be posted on August 31, 2007. The topic for this edition is about “the transition of supervisors to team leaders.” To submit your article to this upcoming edition, use the following information. ...

Indoor Teambuilding Activities 2007-07-22 12:50:57 If we use the newspaper industry as an example of team based organizations, we can see a rapid growth in the use of teams in newspaper companies dating back to the 1990s. Only 8 percent of managing editors said their newspapers had started the use of teams by 1992. Thirty-five newspapers started teams in the next three years so that by 1995, 28 percent of newspapers were using some form of teams. Thirteen more papers said they had started teams by 1998, and 11 said they planned to start teams within the next year. If that happened, 42 percent of newspapers would have had teams at the end of 1999. With this rapid growth in the use of teams, many companies are looking for team activities which will have an impact on bonding, trust, problem solving and communication. Some companies have had great success in using some of the team building packages. One particular teambuilding package that I came across is “Trouble on the Inca Trail” with an IT group. Another great teambuilding ...

carnival of teams in the workplace - July 23, 2007 2007-07-18 12:55:24 Welcome to the August 31, 2007 edition of carnival of teams in the workplace. Madeleine Begun Kane presents Games People Play … At Meetings posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog. Mike Harmon presents Strategic Application of Offshoring in a CPA Practice posted at Basic Accounting, saying, “Can a small Accounting practice outsource accounting? I talk about it my article. Thanks for hosting the carnival.” Sue Massey presents The Price Of Ignoring What?s Wrong posted at Business Management Life, saying, “I talk about how it’s important for employees to feel good about their job. If you have employees you should read my article.” Team Communication Stephanie West Allen presents Your values: One way to lessen the stress of conflict posted at Brains On Purpose™, saying, “Way to reduce stress when communicating.” Team Leadership Leon Gettler presents Managing people: lessons from the accountants posted at Sox First, saying, “Being inte ...

Meet Greek Singles, Experience Greek Culture: GreeksDate.com 2007-06-26 14:05:58 Client: www.greeksdate.com  Type of work done: SEO, pay-per-click advertising Greek people in general feel a strong link with their past, emphasizing the Classical period of Greek history, its links via the Hellenistic world to Byzantium, and on to the present. The cultural continuity of Greek people, however complicated it may have been through history, by outside influences, such as Christianity, or pressure from without in the final stages of the Byzantine Empire, are things that are strongly emphasized by Greek people of today. Whichever way you look at it, Greek people are one of the most patriotic people in Europe. It is exhibited in their art, architecture, pottery, style of dress, paintings, movies, and not to mention food. Greek cuisine is often cited as an example of the healthy Mediterranean diet. The cuisine of Greece has influences from Italian, Balkan and Middle Eastern cuisine. Greek cuisine incorporates fresh ingredients into a variety of local dishes such as moussaka, ...

Company Social Events: The Office Pool Party 2007-06-21 19:33:20 A prestigous physician organization is having a pool party at his home on a weekend. I am relatively new with this organization and manage one of the dept. I am finding myself in the middle of a values debate. There are staff who (like myself) feel it is inappropriate to socialize on personal time with subordinates and co-workers. There are other staff who are very excited about going to the bosses’ house and talk about the bikinis they are going to wear, etc. While I have declined the invitation on the premise that I have other plans, I think this is a sexual harassment lawsuit waiting to happen. In addition, I have worked so hard to have a professional image at work that I cannot imagine either seeing my subordinates, co-workers, and boss in swimming “attire” or having them see me in such a personal state of undress. (Yes, I am modest, but have my share of swimming suits that I wear around friends and family ). How can I assist those staff who are feeling pressured ...

Motivating Your Team Members To Think Progressively 2007-06-20 14:39:05 It is time for a change. Much of the same practices that were developed years ago are still around today. The typical employee continues to keep the blinders on and refuses to aknowledge that the world outside ours indeed does exist! We clock punchers instead quality experts. Motivating an employee seems to always come back to money…while I agree this is important, I also recognize that the future stability of our jobs and our company is the most important as it is what feeds us and our families. How do you get your team members motivated to think progressively? While management at many companies might already be pushing this, there is much resistance to change. Leadership. Inspirational and trustworthy leadership with a vision that includes all can work wonders for you. If you don’t have it at your company, then it’s an uphill battle. Built to Last by Collins and Porras would be a good starting point. Good to Great by the same two authors might also be worthwhile re ...

Team Building Excercises For 06-19-2007 2007-06-20 14:15:45 A really simple team building excercise for team members is to have members of your work team pair off into teams of two and stare at each other for about a minute. Upon completion, ask either one or both participants some questions about the other person - what colour shoes were worn, type of glasses, hairstyle etc. Once this is done, ask the person who was being observed to speak about how they felt being observed and what they received from the observer’s body language. You can take this down the road of intended meaning by one party and how receptive the other parties were. ...