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Marissa Mayer seems to be making an effort at Yahoo! to take into account that not everyone is a genius workaholic. She is making changes at the company that show compassion for families, and this will not only benefits her employees but the welfare of the company as well. More
C. DeWitt “Dee” Brown, Jr. was a self-made man, starting as a hod carrier and apprentice bricklayer after graduating high school and proceeding to build one of the largest masonry companies in the United States with multimillion-dollar projects across the country. Dee was hard-nosed and pragmatic, his 1950s crew cut and Texas twang reminders of an early life when a day’s work was expected for a day’s pay. More
My daughter Lily is fourteen. Over the holidays, she had her her first job. She was employed as a Christmas elf in Santa’s grotto at our local farm shop. She is studying business at school but she learned a lot more on the job.
So I asked what she’d learned after three weekends of solid elfing: More
I have a confession: I’ve had moments where I thought, “If I were the boss, I would do that differently.” (Sorry boss, it’s not personal, I swear.)
Everyone has silently second-guessed a boss’s decision at sometime or another. But would you actually make a good leader, or are you just fooling yourself?
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Finding the right candidate for a position is a lot of work. In addition to the investment in time, ending up with a bad hire wastes money spent training and exhausts you since you now have to start the whole process over again. By implementing testing into the three stages of the hiring process, you can maximize your potential for finding the perfect candidate the first time.
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In daily life, most of us have had experience “managing” others, whether it’s organizing a church fund drive or directing a crew of employees. Simply defined, management is the act of coordinating others to achieve a goal. The process involves planning, task assignment, monitoring, providing feedback, and, when necessary, correction. More
When you’re just starting out in your career, you learn to do it all by yourself. You manage your calendar, your responsibilities, and then, when you advance, you manage others.
Once you get to that level, it becomes much harder to do it all. Time becomes a big issue, and there’s more on your plate. It’s increasingly important, as you move upward, to learn to delegate. More
Knowing that I’ve been in managerial and director-level positions for the past several years, a good friend of mine–Terri–approached me with the following question: “How do I push back on my boss, who is giving me extra responsibilities and travel, without jeopardizing my professional future?” More
What’s the incentive most likely to push you to perform well on the job? A raise, perhaps, or an extra few days of vacation? You might think so, but a recent essay in Psychology Today argues that the best incentive is free and doesn’t require any paperwork from HR: Praise. More
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When workers perform well at their jobs, a lot of it may have to do with the guidance and mentorships or their managers.
To see how much an individual’s success is affected by their direct managers, Evolv, a data provider that uses analytics to study employee retention, compared the productivity of managers with the people they direct daily. More
Your giant ad-filled fashion magazines have just taken on another use besides coffee table fixture and paper weight. In a MarketWatch.com article today by Paul B. Farrell, the stand-out trend of the 21st Century was announced, declaring what Beyonce has been singing all along: “Who run the world? Girls.” According to the post, the stock market has a new bull-bear indication, the “Women’s Fashion Mag Ads Indicator,” which means that an increase in fashion magazine ads shows the industry’s confidence in America’s stock market and economy if it’s spending big bucks on promotion. More
Has your favorite employee been acting a little strange lately? Not like their usual superstar-self? Well, its probably not because aliens have invaded his or her body. They are probably just looking for a new job. No big deal. Here is a list of seven signs that may help you determine if your star is planning on jumping ship, according to Marissa Brassfield of PayScale.com. More
It’s been 40 years since Title IX required educational institutions to offer equal opportunities for women to participate in sports. But as Bloomberg Businessweek reports today, as college football season gears up in earnest, so far that hasn’t come close to trickling upward to employment opportunities. Women lead just 3% of the top 120 sports departments in the country. More
