Jackie Lauture, an African-American, was an at-will employee at IBM for 16 years before she was fired for poor performance. She sued for race discrimination ...
Most employees see through a boss who communicates like an actor playing a role. If you seem canned, you’ll lose chances to build rapport and credibility
Daniel McInnis was a full-time instructor until the new college president opted not to renew his contract. The president gave two reasons. But in his zeal to justify...
You assume you know what it takes to get ahead at your organization. So
you dress for success, document all your decisions in detail and attend
all company functions...
Q. I’m an administrative assistant at a fast-growing firm. Our office
could benefit by hiring a junior marketer to help our one overworked
salesman. I’m...
Q. I attended a “lunch and learn” session with our CEO. During the
Q&A, I proposed an idea for increasing our market share. The CEO
seemed pleased and said...
Warning: The way you respond to your employees’ excuses may actually encourage them to feed you more excuses. If you readily accept their reasons for being late,...