Making Fertilizer from Office Poop

As our awesome grandkids would tell you, we scoop lots of poop on our mountainside horse and donkey ranch.  If we had a nickel for all our scoopings through the years, we’d likely be more than financially set for life. I’m retained by professional firms to serve as their investigator, coach, consultant or temporary administrator.  [...]

Workplace Complaints? Quit Griping, Start Resolving

Problems at work with a co-worker or supervisor? Are your workplace gripes fair and legitimate ones? How long have you had this complaint? Does your employer offer good guidance regarding how to handle conflicts in the workplace and what to do if you need help? Would you be described more as a whiner by your [...]

Voice Mail Greetings & Attire In the Professional Office

Gotta get vent a bit about one of my pet peeves in the professional office.  I cringe when calling a professional business, doctor’s office, law firm, etc. only to hear voice mail messages by receptionists or female assistants that appear to have intentional sexual drippings….you know the ever-so–soft, ssslllooooowww, melodic, sometimes raspy female voice. Sorry [...]

Morale Busters and Boosters

Many things can bring workplace morale spiraling downward.  Some all-too-common Morale Busters in law offices (and other offices as well)  include: Rules applied sporadically and unfairly among employees (e.g. starting time, length of lunch breaks, # of vacation days) An ongoing frantic pace — day after day — caused primarily by a supervisor’s poor planning [...]