The TPB Copy Editor’s Blog
Your writing represents you, your credibility, and your reputation.
It’s not Easy to Leave a Community You’ve Called Home
Expressing gratitude communicates the lasting value you place on relationships [...]
How Maturity at Work Supports Career Advancement
Maturity at work is essential to demonstrating your value to the organization. It can help earn the respect of co-workers, strengthen teamwork, build better customer relations, and garner support for further career advancement. However, despite the apparent advantages of mature behavior at work, immaturity is a common problem in the workplace.
God, the United States, the Internet, and the Need for Credible Facts
How to avoid embarrassing yourself at the grocery store (and use appropriate capitalization)
God, the United States, and the Internet are not frequent topics at our grocery store. However, while shopping recently, I saw a man venting at the clerk checking his groceries. I’m not sure what started his tirade, but it focused on politicians and the news media.
An Overlooked Mistake Can Prove Costly to Your Business
An overlooked mistake sets the stage
I recently read a 2016 online article about a car dealership that worked with a direct marketing firm to create a “sweepstakes ad campaign.” The campaign included 50,000 lottery-style scratch-off tickets. The individual holding the grand prize-winning ticket would receive $1,000.
Don’t Allow Others to Steal the Credit for Your Work
Have you ever completed a project successfully at work only to have someone else steal the credit for your work?
What happens when someone steals the credit you deserve?
Stealing credit for the work of others happens all too often. You've just finished a project at work and the results were positive on all fronts. This success could not have come at a more opportune moment because you're only a couple of weeks away from your year-end review at work.
Employee Termination Idioms Survey Reveals Common Expressions
Here are the results of our poll concerning the most common expressions associated with employee termination. A week ago, I launched a poll on LinkedIn asking: How does your workplace typically express the act of termination to an employee? As a copy editor and blogger, I was curious about how different employers use various idioms to communicate this action.