Removing Obstacles to Success
November 19, 4:19 am
Isn’t it sad how some of the people who scoff at workplace communication training could be the ones who benefit from it?
One guy I know, we’ll call him James, has a chip on his shoulder toward some people he once worked with on a project. For whatever reason, James never communicated his displeasure about how […]
October 20, 11:28 am
According to a news report released this morning, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced that an e-mail is circulating to employers with the message that the EEOC is filing a harassment complaint against the employer.
CAUTION! This is a fraudulent spam message. Worse yet, it contains links to sites that give your computer a virus.
The EEOC believes […]
October 8, 4:23 am
If you’ve been on a plane or in a restaurant during the past ten years, you’ve probably seen someone with poor cell phone etiquette. First there’s the guy who thinks he has to yell into his phone so that someone 2,000 miles away can hear him.
Then there’s the woman trying to reason with her teenage […]
August 13, 4:31 pm
If you’ve ever worked with weasels (a favorite term of podcaster Wayne Turmel), you’ve probably encountered the results of poor performance management. Most people want to contribute, be productive, and accomplish the tasks before them with a sense of professionalism.
Others don’t.
Unfortunately, the two types of workers don’t mix well, and when poor performance is mismanaged, […]
July 12, 12:34 pm
I’m scratching my head. Micron, the region’s largest employer here in Southwest Idaho, is in the process of laying off 1,100 workers. That’s not great news, but that’s not what’s puzzling.
There’s this little federal law called the WARN Act that requries companies give sixty days notice before laying off large numbers of workers in one […]
July 10, 4:05 am
The July 2007 issue of HR Magazine has an excellent piece by Carolyn Hirschman about companies supporting employees who are in the military reserves or serving in the National Guard and are called up to active duty. Although not required to do so, many companies provide what’s known as Military Differential Pay, which is the […]
June 26, 5:22 am
Cranky Middle Manager podcaster and all around good guy Wayne Turmel has an excellent post over at Management-Issues.com on the difference between “L”eaders (upper case) and “l”eaders (lower case). For those who enjoy exploring whether leaders are born or made, or enter into the discussion of ‘what the heck is a leader, anyway?’, this is […]
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