by Margaret E Ward | May 15, 2025 | Brand journalism
The eyeroll says it all. You’re in another meeting with that manager who loves meetings about meetings. She’s waffling on again, and your colleagues are failing to contain their disdain; it’s all nail-biting, clock-watching, side-eye glancing and leg jiggling. As...
by Margaret E Ward | May 12, 2025 | Brand journalism
Many moons ago, I worked at a place that had a novel way of celebrating women. The top guy wore pink socks (possibly the same pair) for a week. To be fair, the company was raising funds for a women’s charity, but as a woman, I would have preferred better working...
by Margaret E Ward | May 7, 2025 | Brand journalism
“We used to be known as the land of the free and the home of the brave; and now we’re the land of the fearful and home of the hateful,” says Jim Noone, who works at a research university in the United States. Like many working in American academia, Jim and his wife...
by Margaret E Ward | May 1, 2025 | Brand journalism
Bad manners at work are bad for the bottom line. Minding your Ps and Qs, or your manners, is more than a quaint fad from the past. Research shows that businesses and organisations that allow rudeness and disrespect are likely to have lower profitability, poor staff...
