Removing Obstacles to Success
August 17, 5:27 pm
For several decades, employers have been able to take a tax deduction for the money they spend in employee education reimbursement programs. This would be for classes employees take in work-related undergraduate and master’s degree studies.
Problem: This tax break was created all those years ago as a temporary measure. It has been extended many times, but […]
August 10, 4:35 am
OMG, here it is August 10th and I’ve been so distracted with visiting relatives, personal time off, yard work—and regular ‘work’—that I forgot about posting the cool things to do with your employees during August at the first of the month.
But, with three weeks still remaining, there are still cool things to do. . . .
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August 1, 3:23 pm
Someone just referred me to Seth Godin’s blog entries about toxic employees and toxic bosses.
Spot on.
These posts reminded me of some long-term management training I did for an organization in the Midwest. It was a rather large production plant – more than 500 employees. The HR manager pulled me aside and asked if she was […]
July 25, 2:55 pm
A video report on FoxNews.com explains how high schools in the state of Georgia are using dropout prevention coaches to improve graduation rates. When one considers the difference in lifetime wages between high school graduates and non-graduates, this is an extremely wise investment on the part of Georgia’s school board.
Most of us have at least […]
July 9, 3:22 am
Dan Bobinski’s weekly Workplace Excellence newspaper column examines what managers are missing in their attempt to retain quality employees.
July 3, 6:11 am
Whoa. July already? Month #7? Are we more than 1/2-way through the year? Dang!
Well, there are still several months of summer ahead of us, so here are a few things to do in July to keep the workplace fun:
In the first week of July we find Workaholic’s Day and National Fried Chicken Day right next […]
June 19, 4:34 pm
Being a Good Samaritan comes naturally to some people. Others have to work at it, but either way, going out of your way to help others is still considered a virtue, not a crime. However, when unselfishly helping someone leads to getting fired, it’s no surprise that we find more and more people turning away […]
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