Help us celebrate and recognize health unit coordinators this week! Whether you are a health unit coordinator, are thinking of becoming one, or work with someone who is, August 23rd is the national day of recognition. If you are new to the field, the basic...
Whether you are preparing for back to school or perhaps you have a presentation at work or some challenge you are facing, being mentally prepared is a key to success. Any type of change or big event can be impacted by our mental preparedness. Mental...
The month of July recognizes and brings awareness in the health community about juvenile arthritis. Like adults, arthritis impacts children too. Juvenile arthritis affects children by inflaming their joints and usually is referred to by arthritis. According to the National Institute of Health, nearly 300...
Have you thought about all the time you have in one day and how you spend all of it? Have you ever sat back and wondered where your day went? Do you ever feel like you did not get anything done during the day? If...
Have you ever had a conversation with someone and without them saying anything you could sense the mood they were in? Or maybe you made an assumption about this person based on how they were presenting? Our body language can say a lot for us,...
As students and employees, emails are can be an important part of our workflow. Emails are a fast and easy way to communicate with other people. Often, we overlook our emails or take them less seriously because they are so routine. Here are a few...
Whether your meetings occur in person, over the phone or on an online chat, the same rules of meeting etiquette apply. Meeting etiquette is important because it reflects who you are and the work you are doing. If you are representing an employer or a...
Criticism is not everyone’s favorite topic. Whether it is constructive or unfair, criticism can be a hard pill to swallow. Criticism can be hard to hear and accept because it involves negative aspects about ourselves. However, the fact of the matter, is that everyone experiences...
Staying productive throughout the entire day can be a challenge for many of us. There are a lot of factors that can keep us from staying on task. Depending on your work or school environment, it can be hard to stay focused. Not to mention...
Stress can creep on us gradually or appear suddenly depending on the cause of our stress. Many of us have developed coping skills to handle certain amounts of stress. Sometimes certain ways we de-stress are temporary and don’t allow us to fully heal from the...