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What causes employee negativity?: In 2003, global professional services firm Towers Perrin conducted a survey of some U.S. and Canadian companies that identified five elements that largely generate most of the current negativity among their workers. The five elements are:An excessive workload Concerns about management’s ability to lead the company successfully Anxiety about the...; Tags: Workplace, toni bowers, Teams, publishing gal, Morale, General; Blog posts 2007-04-25
What causes employee negativity?: None of the aboveBroken promises and favouritism.I'm a practice waht you preach sort of guy. Say one thing and do another, you are a lying BS nerchant, there's very few things yiou could pick out that are more negative than that.While the jobs I have hated the most...have been boring...; Tags: boxfiddler, job, team, negativity; Discussion threads 2007-04-25
Why all the negativity about managment in this forum?: Why all the negativity about managment in this forum?I have noticed the trend over last year on these boards to trash bosses and IT Management in general. So, I am asking what you like about your job and what positive things has your current employer done to make your work...; Tags: fault, negativity; Discussion threads 2006-08-08
Your thoughts on the challenge of toxic negativity: As a columnist, I rarely know for sure which topics I write about will evoke a strong reaction from you. I can guess, of course, but what I try to do is write about topics that I'm interested in, and hope that you are interested in them as well.Sometimes, I...; Tags: Bob Artner, negativity, toxic negativity; Technical articles 2003-08-07
Run away from toxic negativity before you're infected too: One of the few good science fiction movies to come out back when I was growing up was “The Andromeda Strain.” Based on the Michael Crichton novel, the movie follows a small group of scientists struggling to contain a modern plague caused by a satellite that crashed in a small...; Tags: Bob Artner, Haines, negativity, Thompson, toxic negativity; Technical articles 2003-07-24

Don't let negativity hinder your team's productivity: Thanks to the generally depressed IT climate, it's not surprising that workplace negativity is increasing. And while it may seem harmless at first, negativity should be viewed as a virus that not only hurts team interaction but productivity as well. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. companies lose...; Tags: motivation, negativity, Suzanne Ross, team; Technical articles 2003-07-11
Tips for combating employee negativity: In a former life, management consultant Brendan Tobin worked for a communications software company. He enjoyed his job, but had the misfortune of working for a manager who was so dour that it affected Tobin's ability to produce."He would say nasty, mean things all the time," Tobin recalled. "He thought...; Tags: Brendan Tobin, negativity, Polly Schneider Traylor; Technical articles 2003-07-01
Is your job making you negative?: IT managers are especially at risk of succumbing to negative attitudes, according to the author of Managing Workplace Negativity. Find out how to spot the signs of negativity in your shop and how to reverse the trend.Workplace negativity is rapidly "emerging as a disease of the 21st century corporation," according...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Bob Weinstein, job, Workplace negativity, Gary S. Topchik, negativity; Technical articles 2001-07-09

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Finding solutions: The true test of a leader: IT managers face a difficult challenge when workplace negativity begins to affect morale and productivity. Here is how one TechRepublic member battles pessimism by linking problems to possible solutions.Editor’s note: TechRepublic Web editor Dana Norton is filling in for Bob Artner, who is away this week.Judging by the discussion that...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Dana Norton, leader, pessimism; Technical articles 2001-11-01
The dumb things organizations do to mess up team building: I ran across an article the other day on about.com, written by Human Resources specialist Susan M. Heathfield. In the article, Heathfield cites 20 dumb things that organizations can do to screw up their relationship with the people who work for them. Here are a couple of my personal "favorites."...; Tags: Workplace, Team Management, Personnel, Managment, General; Blog posts 2007-04-26
Overtake former IT Boss' Job with a Proposal: I have been taking a graduate course in IT Management and it has broadened the way I view IT and the management of IT.I have been working on a new "IT Management Proposal" that I want to submit to the Managing Director of the company I used to work for....; Tags: billyboys, information technology, job, networking; Discussion threads 2004-11-23
What is a behavioral interview and how can I ace it?: NiceI am newly unemployed after 8 years. I have been working with several outplacement firms and have learned a lot on this topic in a short amount of time. That's not to say I've learned iot all but practice does make perfect.Some short notes to keep in mind (Things I've...; Tags: Leonard J Rivera Sr.; Discussion threads 2007-05-24
New employee showing signs of being argumentative - Need Advice: New employee showing signs of being argumentative - Need AdviceI have a new team member whom after only day 3 is showing signs of being argumentative. I encourage and foster input and feedback from my team; however, the culture of our team is such that it is done in...; Tags: team, RB_ITProfessional, management, employees, difficult employees, it management, Human Resources; Discussion threads 2006-06-21
Five tips for working with the internal IT department: To make sure your client's IT department won't work with you, begin your engagement by not listening to the staff, failing to build consensus, and isolating yourself. To make things work, take this advice from those who've been there.No department, especially IT, enjoys an inspection of its systems and processes...; Tags: Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Leadership, Lisa Gill, Chris Levine, information technology; Technical articles 2002-09-24
Cha-cha-changes…: I have recently been involved with a community of users whoexperienced a drastic change in one of their applications overnight. Eventhough they had been warned of the impending changes, and some of the usersactually had input into the process, the change has been overwhelming to manyof them. As to be...; Tags: Ramon Padilla; Blog posts 2005-09-18
The Net ad you're about to see has read your e-mail: Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today! ...; Tags: E-mail providers, advertisement, e-mail, New York Times Co., Google Gmail; Technical articles 2004-06-21
What To Do About The Sorry State Of Web Development: What To Do About The Sorry State Of Web DevelopmentA commenter on previous article The Sorry State Of Web Development make a good point: I put out a lot of negativity without offering anything constructive in return. Well, IÂ’m going to make rectify that mistake.Here is what I think needs...; Tags: JavaScript, Perl, HTML, Web, Web development, HTTP; Blog posts 2006-02-28
Windows Vista: SuperFetch and External Memory Devices: Speed?I have a Cruzer Titanium 1GB, its rated at 13MB/sec and benchmarks show it doing almost exactly that.My system drive is a RAID-0 array of 74GB raptors. They can sustain just over 100MB/sec.How is it faster to use the USB 2 memory stick as VM rather than the hard drives?SpeedMy...; Tags: hard drive, memory stick, SuperFetch, windows, vista, virtual memory, usb2, mcfaul@..., hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, USB, USB 2.0; Discussion threads 2006-02-17
IT Staffing Issue: I work in a 2 man IT department. We do all support calls. Level 1, 2, and 3. The other guy has been working there much longer than me. The senior guy refuses to do any Level 1 or 2 calls. Hey also usually doesn't do any level 3 calls....; Tags: eddie_is_okay@..., information technology, it management, job, senior guy; Discussion threads 2005-01-10
What's in store for ERP in 2001?: Many ERP vendors have had a difficult year struggling to incorporate e-business functionality into their core offerings. The next 12 months may not be much different.The past year has been a rough one for enterprise resource planning ERP vendors. On top of unfavorable perceptions of ERP and falling stock valuations...; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, E-business/E-commerce, Matthew Osborn, ERP, e-business; Technical articles 2000-12-15

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