If you've thought it once, you've thought it a dozen times: "So-and-so just doesn't get it." Now, it's beginning to dawn on you that your employee's unprofessional office behavior has to stop. You're ...

There's a rule in the NBA they call the "five to one" rule. It speculates that a person with a positive attitude will affect five teammates in a positive way. Similarly, a player with a negative ...

What does it mean to be a professional? Some say signs of a professional include standing up straight, looking the part, speaking with authority, or a firm hand shake. Although those are all behaviors ...

As technology infiltrates every aspect of our lives, emailing has become the norm for much of our professional communication. Surprisingly, however, many of us make email mistakes that come off as ...

Microsoft's Chatbot isn't the only insentient technology being problematic: Try Googling "professional hairstyles for work" and then Googling "unprofessional hairstyles for work." Notice the ...

Most people go to a business or to work hoping for a professional experience. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case. If you are a business owner or manager, you may have gathered employee or ...

Incivility during contentious depositions is not a new topic for this blog. While the available evidence indicates that professionalism toward legal adversaries is on the rise, the topic of ...

When I was a very young business person, I tried to copy-cat the older people in my office, meaning everybody in the place. I was nineteen when I got my first full-time office job. I knew there were ...