AdvantEdge Workspaces Blog

Whether it's quibbling over poached office supplies or serious harassment, tension and disagreements in the office are inevitable. Experts say managers spend around 25 percent of their time resolving conflict, making avoiding and diffusing it a necessary skill for every manager and business owner. Combating conflict can be a complex conundrum, but here are some tools that will help.

If you tweet it, will they follow? Using social media is a step in the right direction, but it must be used properly and purposefully to get results. "New Media" stormed into the business world so rapidly that most business owners have had little time to discover how to use it most effectively.

Are you coming to D.C. for business and bringing your team along for the ride? Has the city decided to construct a parking deck right outside of your corner office? Who can work with all that racket going on? Holding meetings in your living room or video conferencing from your hotel bed may be comfortable, but it is still a far cry from professional.