My boss set up a roulette wheel for employees who hit certain numbers so they can spin it and win something like an iTunes download, an extra hour for lunch, a Starbucks coffee, little stuff. You could it every time someone won something because it would make this loud cracking sound as it spun. Someone [...]
Jobs, economy, health care, global crisis, middle east, terrorism, puppy.
Where do we begin?
Stimulus? Once BO takes office, he’s a paid employee. Can he bring us economic recovery, better healthcare, better government buildings, roads, city lights, public works projects of all kinds, create or save three million jobs over two years, blah, blah, blah?
No, he [...]
When a company falls on difficult times, they reduce their staff and workers. People lose their jobs. The remaining workers need to find ways to continue to do a good job or risk their jobs as well.
Wall Street, and the media normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of “tough decision” and his board sometimes [...]
The cost of praising someone is nil—but a recent study has found that the payoff can be huge.
When employees want to be praised, it means they care to be seen as competent, hardworking members of the team. Good managers want satisfied, motivated, and productive staff members.
A Personnel Today survey of 350 HR professionals has [...]
I find it funny, in a painfully and aggravating sort of way, that all of my employees feel it’s perfectly acceptable to stand in front of my door while I’m on the phone, like I’m going to interrupt my call so they can ask me something that can wait.
I’ll even shut my door when on [...]
I have an employee that I can’t stand. I didn’t hire her, and she’s a nut, so I give her things to do that I know she can’t do just to push her out the door. It’s all legal, just not nice, but she has to go because she is scared, weak, and mumbles to [...]
The Road Warrior travels with great difficulty and when you add the current economic climate, they travel with great Bizpain.
We know the bizpain of sitting in far too many airports during too many layovers. We’ve walked up and down unfamiliar escalators in search of a decent meal, some warmth, some comfort – all to [...]
It goes without saying that there are few of us today who aren’t stressed out or feeling down when faced with the daily news and negativity. Even if things seem rosy on the surface, coworkers, friends and family may be bottling up what’s really wrong. Experts say that unfortunately, in times like these, many of [...]
