The “Elephant in the Room” is that thing – or things – which keep you up at night, which you try so hard to avoid confronting. It could...

Believe it or not, some bosses are loathe to share corporate information with their rank-and-file employees. There are so many good...

The U.S. Department of Labor is considering the expansion of a program throughout California that helps workers – regardless of immigrant...

Towers Perrin recently published a study of over 86,000 workers around the world showing that only 21% of employees are ‘engaged’...

The cost of employee turnover is significant – about 50% of an employee’s salary. Between interviewing, hiring, training, and getting a...

The trend with employees who are mistreated by their bosses is only escalating. Most poor managers are simply in denial that they treat...

Today’s Modesto Bee illustrates a popular scam, one we see every year. You should place the updated poster in your workplace, but don’t...

From our friends at Gevity: 1. Offering candidates uncompetitive compensation. Offering prospective hires a competitive compensation...

Should you re-hire a former employee? Theories vary. Lew Wasserman re-hired just one employee in his 60 years at Universal (Frank...

From the Orange County Register: An interview with an expert who discovered that only 3 in 10 employees are highly motivated – and found...

Of course not! Although I’m not intimately familiar with the inner workings of New Jersey mobs, it’s safe to say that Tony didn’t exactly...

As tempting as it is to be involved in every facet of your business, you’ll never be successful doing so – and you’ll burn out your...

The Tallahasee Democrat poses a question – why is sexual harrasment is prevelent? (Answer is – because there’s still ignorant people out...

Nearly half of all workers feel their boss is a bully. There’s a fine line between being a demanding boss, and crossing that line as a...

I just bought this book on the basis of an article I read at CNN.com. It goes to one of the principles in my book: employees want and...

There’s way too much overuse of e-mail in the workplace. And many managers are using e-mail for the ultimate no-no: reprimanding...

What People Want Simple, common-sense based principles for managing people. A really good read.

We’ve been saying it for years – a good boss is not a buddy nor a dictator. He/she is somewhere in between. Employees look for a...

It’s always wonderful when a survey supports the theories you wrote about years ago. People will work harder and better for someone they...

Why is it that the first resort of employers in trouble is to fire their employees? Termination should always be your last resort –...