Creating a company PowerPoint template?

  • November 14, 2012

Creating a good company PowerPoint template removes tedious and inconsistent manual formatting of text, placeholders and backgrounds from the end user’s hands....

Complaint + sudden criticism = retaliation

  • November 13, 2012

Juries like simple cases. If an em­­ployee complains about discrimination and management does nothing, that’s one thing. But if suddenly the employee is...

Are you ready to get ‘profersonal’?

  • November 13, 2012

"Profersonalism is about letting go of the idea that we can put our lives into neat little boxes. It’s about categorizing activities instead of people," says...

Beware bias peril built into applicant tests

  • November 09, 2012

Do you use off-the-shelf pre-employment tests to screen applicants? Watch out! You could be setting yourself up for years of litigation if a disappointed applicant...

Robert E. Lee: anatomy of a bad decision

  • November 08, 2012

Most historians say that Robert E. Lee’s decision to head the Confederate army was inevitable. Not true. Lee was almost equally devoted to the United States and to...

Take your employee handbook online: 8 tips

  • November 07, 2012

Turning your handbook into an electronic document can cut costs, make updating easier and give employees a convenient place to access policies. Going electronic...

8 ways to put out entrepreneurial fires

  • November 06, 2012

Entrepreneurs spend much of their day putting out fires related to customers, employees and money. But the smartest companies work hard to prevent the same problems from...

Pump up productivity with your iPad

  • November 05, 2012

The iPad can be a great tool for getting things done at work, especially if you move from place to place and operate on the go all day, Jill Duffy writes in PC...

Sleeping on the job? No unemployment benefits

  • November 04, 2012

Employers that fire a worker for being caught sleeping on the job may not be liable for unemployment compensation benefits. On-the-job snoozing can be considered...

Innovate by using ‘frugal engineering’

  • November 02, 2012

“Frugal engineering,” coined by Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, describes the way Indian engineers innovate under resource...