Question: "I take some criticism in the office because I'm a stickler for good grammar. So much of what we write to each other comes off as unprofessional that I think...
"Erica's been cutting out early every Friday," comes the whisper in the break room. Managers don't have time for this sort of pettiness—here's what to do about it.
For nearly four decades, the HR Certification Institute (HRCI) served happily as the semi-independent certification arm of HR’s big-dog association, the Society for...
National retailer Petco has settled a lawsuit filed by employees in California who groom pets in the company’s stores. The suit alleged the company failed to pay...
If you’re a manager, you’ve got workplace horror stories. You know, that new hire from hell that chased away your biggest account. The budget cut that torpedoed your...
We all have different productivity styles. Learning which style fits each person the best can help to personalize productivity efforts, writes Carson Tate, founder of...
VLookUp is a powerful and useful function in Excel. It allows you to look up a value in a list and return any column from the look-up column, left. But what if your...
Communication in the workplace affects productivity and engagement. When teams communicate well and demonstrate their ideas, they maintain a steady work flow and make...
While we all go to lots of meetings (too many?), more and more people are spending more and more time in meetings using technology, rather than being face to face with...
Whenever groups of people work closely together, conflict is sure to arise. However, there are ways to negotiate peacefully and calmly to ensure both sides are heard,...
Employers can’t rely on the lack of a formal reasonable accommodations request as the basis for not providing one if it is obvious the employee is disabled and...
One of the best new features introduced in PowerPoint 2010 (and also included with PowerPoint 2013) is the ability to group presentation slides into sections.
Technology is constantly changing, but people often find that change hard to handle. So when it comes time to update the tools your company uses, how do you avoid...
Teachers are some of the first “managers” people ever encounter. In honor of back-to-school season, here are five ideas worth borrowing from teachers for...
