Key employee retention is critical to the long term health and success of the business. Managers readily agree that retaining the best employees ensures customer satisfaction, product sales, satisfied coworkers and reporting staff, effective succession planning and deeply imbedded organizational knowledge and learning. If managers can cite these facts so...
Like it or not, every workplace is a political environment. But operating effectively within it doesn’t have to mean sucking up, lying, or slinging dirt. In its purest form, office politics is simply about getting from here to there: securing a promotion, seeing an idea come to fruition, or gaining...
Tired of typical conference-room confabs? Try these creative meeting techniques used by companies like Yahoo!, Ritz Carlton, and Old Navy. Ritz-Carlton Meeting Technique:Start each shift with short stand-up meetings Pros:Quickly disseminates critical information Cons:Not long enough to go in-depth...
THE SCENARIO: A member of my three-person team refuses to travel, even though that was a condition of his hire. The job requires us to attend several trade shows a year, and his refusal means that my other coworker and I must pick up the slack. We don't mind the...
Have you ever worked with someone who's always right? You know, one of those people who can always find a reason why a customer, client, or coworker is to blame for their personal shortcomings. Poorly prepared presentation? The client lacks vision. Accounting error? Faulty software. Disagreement about corporate strategy? It's all you're fault...
Telecommuting allows you to have full-time employment and a steady paycheck while experiencing the independence enjoyed by the self-employed. You can dress comfortably and avoid the hassles of commuting, saving substantially on gas and parking or public transportation. You also have a quiet workspace to yourself, making it easy to...
Communication is the single most important key to a manager's success. What you say - and how you say it - sets the tone for every personal interaction, whether you're dealing with a troublesome employee, a competitive coworker, or a demanding boss. Yet few people are actually trained to handle...
Many people blame conflicts on personality clashes, but what we perceive as personality clashes may, in fact, be something quite different. Each of us has our own unique mix of attributes and beliefs that make up our personalities. If we clashed with everyone who is different from us, we would...
We're currently focusing on getting into grad school. To recap, we can divide the different requirements of the admissions process into two main categories -- what you can control and what you can't. Last time, we got the easy stuff out of the way: The application and the official undergraduate transcript....
My work buddy and I love to quote lines from our favorite comedy shows and movies. It's kind of our thing. This past weekend, we went to see the movie "Superbad" and came back to the office on Monday dropping lines to each other when our paths crossed.Later that same...
Surviving Your Worst Meeting NightmaresIf Someone falls asleep you should...We have a boss at my company - he is actually a fairly senior level commander of a military organization - who has mastered the art of falling asleep in meetings, even those that he has called. While it is...
A female coworker is always showing up late and leaving early because of some "emergency" involving her kids. I dont have any children, and this irks me. I know that having children is a big responsibility, but others in my office make it work. I feel as though shes using...
Hiring the wrong person is a grave mistake. The wrong employee can create negative energy, harass or discriminate against coworkers, create bad press, use up every day of sick leave, steal from you, and sue your company. The right employee can create positive energy, empower coworkers, create new business opportunities...
The article shows that employees would love their jobs, like their coworkers, work hard for their employers, get paid well for their work, have ample chances for advancement, and flexible schedules so they could attend to personal or family needs when necessary. And never leave. But then there’s the real...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Swedish Retailer Ikea to Open Store in TampaC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com With company representatives, local officials and community leaders on-hand, home furnishings retailer Ikea this week officially broke ground for its future store in Tampa, Florida. Ikea said the Tampa...
LOS ANGELES -- With an average weight loss of almost nine pounds each, 59 employees from Herbalife's Los Angeles offices completed a 12-week weight loss challenge and dropped a total of 526 lbs. Mike Gomez had the highest percentage of total weight loss, 13.46 percent. In second and...
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. -- Contrary to what most corporate managers in America believe, it's not about the money. A recent nationwide survey of senior-level executives shows that 38 percent would accept up to an 18 percent pay cut for the "right" position - one where they are learning, positively impacting...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Northern California Media Workers Guild filed unfair labor practice charges Tuesday to protest last Friday's retaliatory firings of organizers and other anti-union actions against the newly formed Bay Area News Group-East Bay unit of the Guild. The union's charges were filed with the Oakland...
In the race for the White House, Barack Obamaand John McCain are just about even, according to BIGresearch's( http://www.bigresearch.com ) July Consumer Intentions & Actions CIAsurvey of over 8,000 people. The candidates can use all the help they canget to make the move to Pennsylvania Avenue and it appears that...
Christie Brinkley appears to be shocked anddistraught over her soon-to-be ex-husband Peter Cook's emotional infidelityconsisting of an expensive and hidden online porn habit, combined with hisphysical infidelity with an18-year-old co-worker. Madonna is accused of having an affair of the heart with baseball star AlexRodriquez during Rodriguez's divorce. "Emotional infidelity can...
