The Nice Blog

Fri, October 09, 2009 - 8:59:25

Become a Winning Team

Unless you work in a very specialized profession or happen to live in a remote part of the world, chances are that your job involves teaming up with your coworkers and collaborating on projects.  So, when you’re paired with a partner who is constantly missing deadlines, getting the data wrong, or simply not pulling his or her weight, you might start to feel like your own career is being sabotaged.  But, as Amy Gallo writes in her post on Management Essentials, learning to assess and address your coworkers’ weaknesses in a NICE way is vital to your shared success.

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Tue, October 06, 2009 - 7:52:50

NICE is Infectious

With cold and flu season upon us, “infectious” isn’t exactly the kind of word most people want to hear right now, but there’s one way in which it’s still good to be contagious: by passing along a smile and a kind word.  By setting a friendly example through small gestures like holding the door, saying please and thank-you, and smiling at one another, we believe we can all help spread the NICE bug from person to person until we’ve created a nicer universe.

Don’t believe us?  Well, Today Show correspondent Mike Leonard didn’t have to look far to prove us right.  In fact, all he had to do was walk across the street:

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Mon, October 05, 2009 - 11:16:31

Conan Banned from Newark Airport… and That’s No Joke!

A few nights ago, we tuned in to The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and witnessed a very unusual turn of events unfold.  In his opening monologue, Conan remarked that his recent joke poking fun at the city of Newark, New Jersey had angered Mayor Cory Booker so intensely that he went on to post a YouTube video about it.  In his video lasting just over a minute, Booker attempts to teach Conan a lesson by “officially” placing him on the Newark Airport “no fly list.” 

As evidenced by O’Brien’s show later that night, Booker’s efforts of intimidation seem to have backfired and his video earned this unkind “apology” from the Tonight Show host:

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Fri, September 25, 2009 - 5:10:51

Do You Trust Me?

If you’re currently in the market for a new job or aiming for a promotion, that’s exactly the question you should have in the back of your mind when dealing with others.  As Alexandra Levit writes in a recent Wall Street Journal article, in this turbulent economic climate, now more than ever, companies and coworkers are placing a greater emphasis on trust.  So, when looking to get ahead, it’s important to establish an air of trust with everyone around you.  And what better way to appear trustworthy than by harnessing one very powerful NICE principle: tell the truth.

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Fri, September 25, 2009 - 9:11:57

Teacher Turns Negative into a Positive and Creates YouTube Sensation

Dalton Sherman liked to talk.  He liked to talk so much that his teacher often grew frustrated with his chatty antics, which frequently disrupted the work of his fellow classmates.  But instead of simply punishing him for talking out of turn, she came up with a new way for the fourth grade student at Charles Rice Learning Center to channel his energy and put his stellar vocabulary to good use.  And in doing so, she turned a rambunctious ten year old into this:

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