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Beyond a Bathrobe and Bunny Slippers – Survival Skills for Working from Home

With more and more companies deciding to continue to let employees stay home (Twitter), working from home by choice or by mandate presents a unique set of opportunities and challenges. If you’re new to telecommuting, you might find that without some discipline, you’re waking up well beyond normal work hours and adopting behaviors you would never exhibit on your worst day at the office.

In her latest article, “Beyond a Bathrobe and Bunny Slippers – Survival Skills for Working from Home,” talent development expert Kate Zabriskie shows your readers how in the beginning they might welcome a day or two late mornings and wearing pajamas past noon. However, sloth mimicry is a habit few professionals would enthusiastically adopt long term. Zabriskie’s best practices include:
• Create and maintain a routine
• Master new technology and leverage old
• Stay connected

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7 Common Communication Blunders

Have you ever said something at work you wish you hadn’t? Sometimes the wrong words just blurt out to employees or with the client. The first step in fixing common communication blunders on the job is to know what those blunders are so you do not alienate employees, clients, friends or family.

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