Straight Talk Blog
Life-Changing Mentoring (Part I)
Over the years I’ve had many jobs, colleagues and bosses. I’ve worked with people who taught me job-related information, supervisors who oversaw my work and advisors who pointed me in a certain direction. Over the years, however, I’ve had very few mentors; I’ve had...
Is It Okay To Stand Up to Your Boss?
I often talk about the importance of standing up for yourself when others are treating you poorly. It’s important to stand up at home, with your friends, your children and, yes, even with your boss. People often struggle, however, with standing up to their boss. ...
Mean Girls At The Office
Below is a post from my new blog http://lmerlobooth.typepad.com/straight_talk_4_women/ Enjoy! I recently gave a speech for Zonta International entitled "Conflict in the Workplace: How to Survive It, Manage It and Make It Work for You." Not surprisingly, this...
5 Ways To Handle Difficult Co-Workers In Office Meetings
It seems like some people think it’s okay to slam a colleague by making some outlandish remark in front of the entire team. These comments are often met with knowing chuckles, uncomfortable silence, eye-rolling and/or angry responses. Unfortunately seldom are these...
Basic Rules Of Engagement For The Workplace: Be The Co-worker You Wish You Were Working With
This past week I’ve been preparing for a speech I’m giving for Zonta International regarding conflict in the workplace. Not surprisingly, this preparation has led me to think quite a bit about work environments. In particular, I’ve been thinking about all the mean...
Lighten Up–On Others and Yourself: How Judgements Impact Relationships
While on vacation this past week, I took some time out to watch the world. I watched my own family, my friend’s family, workers, vacationers, children and adults. One thing that struck me was the amount of judging being done by people across the board -- spoken and...