Saying Good Morning is the hardest thing to say

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 7 January, 2009 to the comment subset

As the CEO of an organisation I once worked at use to say, “always say ‘good morning’ to your colleagues. Even if you don’t say anything else to them all day, say good morning.”
And he practiced what he preached, walking through the office each morning and greeting everyone.
John Blumberg shared a shocking statistic: 7% [...]

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Frolleagues: today’s word of the day courtesy of LinkedIn

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 15 August, 2008 to the comment subset

Here I was thinking I am reasonably up with the play in social media and social networking spheres, so I was mildly surprised to learn a new word, or neologism, today: frolleague.
Apparently there is nothing new about the word though, as the Oxford English Dictionary has been considering its inclusion for sometime.
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Office romance: what’s old is new again, apparently

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 28 July, 2008 to the comment subset

Are office romances a development of the last couple of years? I don’t think so, yet the line “these days it is unusual to find someone who has never had an office romance”, would suggest that is the case.
Put single (or, yes, even attached) people together in just about any regular setting, such as a [...]

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Dealing with trolls, in other words, colleagues

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 25 June, 2008 to the comment subset

There are potentially seven different types of difficult people you could be working with right now.
I think I’ve meet most the “types” at one time or another. I’m no expert in workplace psychology, but have found most people’s “inclination” to be difficult takes root in either a personal unhappiness and/or insecurity.
The first type, the Aggressor, [...]

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