This may not be earth-shattering news, but a recent survey showed an increase in distrust even though workers still like their jobs.
Not surprisingly, American workers are growing skeptical of their managers.
According to the American Workplace Insights Survey, 90 percent of U.S. employees say their confidence in their organization’s management team has sagged as a [...]
One side effect of the economic meltdown seems to be a rise in workplace theft.
The Institute for Corporate Productivity found that 15 percent of all companies have experienced more crime by employees since the downturn’s beginning.
Larger companies (10,000 or more employees) have suffered even more, with 27 percent of the study’s respondents reporting [...]
There are a lot of boobs in business, and lot of boobs who have boobs too. Boob is kind of a fun word to say – it makes your lips pierce forward a bit, and it ends the way it starts. In lower case, it sort of spells “poop.” And, a lot of boobs get [...]
For workers who want to leave on good terms, even if they’re feeling bad about their current employer, Sandra Naiman, author of “The High Achiever’s Secret Codebook: The Unwritten Rules for Success at Work,” offers these tips for exiting gracefully.
Give two weeks’ notice. Both your past and future employer will consider it a plus.
Explain [...]
Creative thinking is like physical fitness: Consistent exercise keeps your mind in shape. Train your mental muscles with these creativity workouts:
Choose four or five objects from around your office or home.
Set them on a table and try to think of different uses for each object. A spatula, for example, might be useful as a [...]
A team, like a ship, needs the right balance to reach its destination. When you’re recruiting people to work toward a common goal, pick the right variety of styles:
Achievers.
Look for people who are results-oriented. They like to solve problems, explore opportunities, and implement processes.
Intelligence gatherers.
These are folks who excel at asking questions, collecting [...]
I’m amazed at how little employers offer to their employees who travel. I’ve talked to dozens of people still employed about this and only one person told me her boss went overboard with tips, suggestion and even warnings that he was more interested in her safety and satisfaction than anything else.
The rest sounded the same. [...]
Last week President Obama hosted a “jobs summit” but the Worried Worker wasn’t invited to attend and I didn’t think we would be and we don’t the connections to even get close. Even the “party crashers” didn’t attend, and they probably could have gotten in.
Besides the President, Vice President Joe Biden was there, a handful [...]
You may feel bad because times are tough, or you might really want to fire the son-of-a-bitch.
Regardless, managers, if you have to fire someone don’t do it like these examples that have been popping up in the news the last few weeks. If you’ve used any of these, you really need some coaching from [...]
