After some years working in different organizations, I have come to realize that many professionals make the mistake of confusing colleagues for friends. Just because professionalism calls for being ...

You walk into the office and are greeted with smiles, small talk, and compliments. It seems like everyone is warm and approachable — a dream work environment. But as time passes, the cracks begin to ...

We are deep within one of the harder seasons for work-life integration. Yes, integration. I don’t like the word “balance,” because we never really have clean-cut boundaries between work and life. We ...

What to do about a colleague who insists on doing everything from home? I work at a university. All of our classes are in-person. I have a colleague who lives about 10 minutes from our campus. She ...

We all know them—the coworkers who make rude, disparaging comments. The colleagues who routinely fail to return your phone calls or ignore your emails. The bosses who constantly take credit for your ...

When I walked into work last year on my birthday, there was an envelope with my name written in cursive on my desk. I was less than three months into a new job and hadn't announced my birthday. Being ...

You never know what someone is going through. Your colleagues in the workplace may be dealing with any number of really difficult personal situations—a family member facing a serious disease, a child ...