Elisabeth Squires, author of Boobs: A Guide to Your Girls  says women have stopped power dressing in favour of lower cut tops and shorter skirts, however too much cleavage on show in the workplace hampers their chances of promotion. "Unless your career success rests on your chest i... [More]

A study by the University of Kent has identified the physical characteristics associated with good managers. It’s not enough to be tough, resourceful and calm your appearance can play a part in how you are perceived as a boss. Scientist form the university used forensic technology afte... [More]

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Whether your just taking your first job or your tenth, you will find that office politics is consistent in all companies. it's part of the culture and you won't be able to avoid it. So just how do you survive office politics and still get to make your talents shine? Simple, you need to mar... [More]

Every day at work people are tested by being around others that they may not normally be around.  Some personalities just do not gel with others but at work it is often the case that you have to grit your teeth and get on with it. Work situations may also push your limits of stress and patien... [More]

If you work in a large office or in fact any office with a team of co-workers then it is likely that there will be many distractions that occur during the course of a normal working day.  Sometimes these distractions can be welcome because you may need a break; however, if these are ongoing dis... [More]

We all reach stages in our working lives where we need to start evaluating the situation we are in if we are extremely dissatisfied at work. We come to expect that most jobs have their good and bad days and even a person who is very happy with their work will have the odd bad day. However, th... [More]

An office party is a good reason to let your hair down and there could be many reasons for one to happen. Not least a board director’s retirement party, the winning of a new contract, even raising money for charity; these are all often reasons to hold an office party (no matter how large or sm... [More]

One of the most important factors for the success of a good operational office is the method and ease of internal and external communication. If the businesses method of communication is efficient then it is likely the company will also operate efficiently and therefore successfully. The initi... [More]

In the office there appears to be a different kind of irrationality that people show when they come under pressure. Some of the following often happens in large office situations where people’s ‘work’ characters dictate how they deal with situations: 1)    Often i... [More]