Workplace Professionalism & Youth – Another Good Post
Joyce Gioia-Herman, a Strategic Business Futurist concentrating on workforce and workplace trends, is President and CEO of The Herman Group. She wrote a blog post titled "Teaching Professionalism" about the behaviors that HR professionals consider as demonstrating "professionalism" in the workplace.
Ms. Gioia-Herman notes:
HR pros and business leaders polled identified five primary characteristics of professionalism: 1) personal interaction skills, including courtesy and respect, 2) skills to communicate, and listen, 3) a great work ethic; 4) being motivated and staying on task until the job is completed, and 5) professional appearance, and self-confidence and awareness.
Play Down Personal Style
January 29, 2010 by Sylvia · Leave a Comment
Occasionally, an article appears in the news about how terrible it is that an organization restricts its employees' self-expression by imposing strict dress and grooming codes. Because my programs and books focus on professionalism, interpersonal skills and perceptions, I love to see these articles and use them as examples-both pro and con-of how companies communicate and enforce corporate cultural norms.
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January 26, 2010 by Sylvia · Leave a Comment
When I was a child I watched my mother-who was a head secretary in a public school-write using a technique called Gregg shorthand. This writing technique involved using symbols that appeared to me as squiggly lines to represent words and phrases. Using shorthand enabled my mother and secretaries like her to record dictation quickly. They then transcribed their shorthand notations into full sentences.
Dress Code for Hospital Staff: Professional Image
January 21, 2010 by Sylvia · Leave a Comment
If you can get past the "purity" mention, this article is an example of how an organization is specific about a dress code that communicates professionalism. Individuality is fine, as expressed by the variety of scrubs and currently available and worn by medical personnel. Yet, a unified "organizational look" sometimes communicates that individuals are professionals within that organization.
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