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Despair Inc.™: Why Workplace “Communication” Is Overrated: According to leading satirist Dr. E.L. Kersten, author of “The Art of Demotivation,” the source of workplace conflict is often misdiagnosed. What’s seen as a simple “misunderstanding” or “failure to communicate” really runs much deeper: Your coworkers don’t actually like you. Kersten helps clarify the situation by translating what they’re...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workplace; Videos 2007-12-04
Despair Inc.™: Battle Bureaucracy with Fake “Crises” and Caffeine: If your company is at all established and successful, it’s probably already become a bloated, uninspiring workplace, says leading satirist Dr. E.L. Kersten, author of “The Art of Demotivation.” Here’s how to take back your company by overcaffeinating your workers, limiting their contact with the outside world, and teaching them...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workplace, worker; Videos 2007-12-04
Managing Anger at Work: Anger is an emotional reaction to a threat, whether real or perceived. When it is triggered, it often results in a sudden outburst of energy directed against the person or thing that caused it—or something that symbolizes that person or thing. Anger is reactive. Therefore, it is usually expressed before...; Tags: Team management, BNET Editorial, absenteeism, violence, team, environment, workplace, worker, performance, computer; Articles 2007-11-09
Lessons From The Humor Police: How To Evaluate Workplace Humor: Research has shown that there is a distinctive difference in the health benefits of positive and negative humor. Negative humor, i.e., humors that is exclusive or offensive, does not have the same positive physiological effects on one’s body and mind. Apparently, our bodies are as sensitive as our feelings; each...; Tags: Benefits, health benefit, termination, workplace, health care; White papers 2003-01-01
Humor And The Work Team: Healing, Harmonizing, And Harnessing Morale And Productivity: In today’s increasingly dynamic business environment, work teams in organizations are highly stressed out. They have to effectively cope up with changing situations and churn out efficient results. In such scenario, humor acts as a perfect antidote to control stress and anxiety at the workplace. The paper examines this issue....; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workplace, team; White papers 2003-01-01

Toon Up Your Workplace: Training and Communications Company that is helping organizations understand the power and effectiveness of workplace humor in combination with using the Internet to improve employee performance. One of its unique and fun communications tools is called Toon Ups. The intent of Toon Ups was to provide an effective learning...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, HR.com, workplace, workforce, training, tool, Internet; White papers 2001-05-01