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Effective Conflict Resolution Tips for a Healthy Workplace Environment

Whether it’s with a client, customer, or coworker, we’ve all dealt with difficult situations at work requiring conflict resolution. Resolving conflicts is a skill that is useful in both your personal and professional life. By understanding different viewpoints, you can create solutions that benefit everyone. Resolving conflict is more than finding answers — it’s about […]

Mastering Emotional Intelligence: A Gateway to Successful Leadership

This month for Leadership Live, our topic will be “Fact vs. Feelings: Leading with Emotional Intelligence.” But why is it important to differentiate between facts and feelings when implementing emotional intelligence into leadership? Let’s start by defining what emotional intelligence is. Emotional intelligence, in its most basic form, is about understanding and managing your emotions. […]

Preparing and Adapting to Change

With steady and ongoing shifts in technology and market trends, positively reacting to change in the workplace has never been more vital for both employers and employees. As Penmarc aims to continue its growth in 2023, installers and management alike must prepare for the inevitable changes that come with growing any successful business. When unprepared, […]

Resolving Workplace Conflicts

As an installer, we understand that no matter how well you’re prepared for a job, unforeseen workplace conflicts can arise which can add an extra layer of difficulty to your installation. We’d like to offer some tips on proper ways to handle any workplace conflicts that Penmarc Installers might face and provide tools they can […]

Creative Problem Solving

Trim carpenters and installers, while both creative and skilled, still must rely on accurate blueprints and designs to ensure they build to the customer’s expectations and meet the desired results. Accurate prints make any installer’s job easier, but there is always the chance of unforeseen challenges that prevent the closet system from being installed exactly […]

Overcoming Obstacles

Critical thinking is the process of actively conceptualizing, applying, and evaluating information. This is done through observation, experience, and reasoning. Critical thinking is a useful skill in order to overcome obstacles. You never know when something could go wrong while working on an installation. At Penmarc, we believe all our installers must be masters of […]

Expressing Gratitude

A little bit of gratitude goes a long way At Penmarc, showing or giving gratitude toward your co-workers and clients is extremely important and should happen daily, both in the office and at every project or installation. “The grass is greener where you water it,” a favorite quote of mine by Wolfgang Puck, doesn’t immediately […]

Stay Positive!

Tips on how you can stay positive to become your best self. Whether in the field or the office, at Penmarc, we believe maintaining a positive attitude toward your customers and co-workers is of great importance. Keeping a positive attitude goes hand in hand with our Core Values. Actively being positive will go a long […]

Becoming an Effective Team Member

We want all the Penmarc Inspired Spaces network to feel the power of teamwork, and that starts with YOU. Whether you are working by yourself on a project or working with a partner, we are all a team working together to give our clients the best service possible! Complete Cruxos Tasks On-Site and Over-Communicate  Working alone in […]

Tips for Success

At Penmarc Inspired Spaces, there are ample opportunities to help you grow and advance in your career (or make your job easier!).  Read on for tips to cultivate skills to take you to the next level. 1. Take time to educate yourself The more we learn about our own business from all aspects, the more we’ll […]