A few weeks ago, I moved across the country to Brooklyn, NY. I don't recommend moving -- it's pretty freaking stressful -- but one of the great things about it is that you get to try out new stuff in a new environment. One of the new things I...
What drives growth and profitability in a service business? Highly satisfied customers. And to keep those customers profitable, you need to manage all the aspects of your operation that affect customer satisfaction--what the authors call the...
The Find: Gen Y has been accused of over-confidence, but when it comes to asking for a raise most are down right timid, at least in the UK; recent research shows only one in five British workers under 35 feel comfortable asking for a raise, compared with four...
Let's say your board is being challenged by dissident shareholders to bring in directors on a minority slate. Who should pay for it? That's question that the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has asked the Delaware Supreme Court to answer. The SEC is doing so because about...
According to the most recent IDC Worldwide Mobile Worker Population Forecast, close to 75 percent of the U.S. workforce will be mobile by the end of 2011. If you're not paying attention to the mobile workforce trend, you and your company may be falling behind. Listen to...
Ever wonder what it's like to work at Microsoft? Bank of America? General Motors? Glassdoor provides ratings, reviews, and salaries for hundreds of companies, as supplied by people who have actually worked for them. Although you can peruse a handful of company ratings and...
If you're looking to fill your organization with people who are as dedicated to your company as you are, why not weed out the wanna-bes by giving them a quitting bonus? That's the unusual approach taken by Zappos.com, a leading Internet shoe retailer. As Bill Taylor explains...
This tool helps you determine the gross paycheck needed to provide a required net amount. First, enter the net paycheck you require. Then enter your current payroll information and deductions. Then the tool calculates the gross pay amount required to achieve your net paycheck.
Use this tool to help you determine the impact of changing your payroll deductions. You can enter your current payroll information and deductions, and then compare them to your proposed deductions. Try changing your withholdings, filing status or retirement savings and let the payroll deduction calculator show you the impact...
Not sure which holidays to offer employees off? Or how much sick time to give? Or what the government requires? This paper will help to solve these questions. Providing your employees with paid holidays and vacations is a very basic benefit that isn't too costly to businesses. After all, payroll...
One of the most common causes of income loss is through a disability. While most disabilities cause only temporary loss of income, any income loss can be devastating if you are not financially prepared. This tool helps you determine how much disability insurance you may need to cover expenses during...
This tool calculates your salary per pay period after deducting income and Federal Insurance Contributions Act FICA taxes and any deductions that you specify, including contributions to a 401k or similar employer-sponsored retirement plan.
Aging is a natural process we will all experience at some point. Whether it's characterized by lack of physical or mental agility, or whether it's just by virtue of our ongoing years, we all feel old and useless from time to time, and it really needn't be the case. The...
Conducting employee performance reviews makes you aware of the term "All men are not made equal". As the boss of a diversified workforce, you probably believe in that more than anyone else. In any group, you will find overachievers and under performers. While getting rid of the latter may seem...
If we want to compete in the 21st Century marketplace, we can't do it with "Dumbed down" and "Numbed out" employees. Creating a workforce that is "Fast, flexible, focused, and friendly" (to use Rosabeth Moss Kantor's term) - and smart; requires a workplace which elicits and sustains positive emotional states....
Years ago, a person would get a job straight out of school and plan on retiring from that company years later. The loyalty went both ways. The company would keep its workers on the payroll, through boom times and bust. Not anymore. Large companies continually trim their payroll as they...
Negotiating salary can be one of the more difficult aspects of your job search and during your career as a whole. Solid salary negotiation skills benefit you long term and not only when you are negotiating salary. Being adept at negotiating salary is something that can actually increase your worth...
You promote or hire a talented executive and learn that the whole family shows up for the assignment. Salary can be great, relocation expenses thorough, and the benefits package ideal. Yet, none of these insure that a candidate will take, or be successful in, the promotion or relocation, because if...
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