‘Voluntary’ training time: To pay or not?

  • January 27, 2012

Do you offer extra off-duty training for employees that, while technically voluntary, is strongly recommended? If training participants are hourly employees, chances are...

Charlie Munger’s one hour to himself

  • January 20, 2012

Charlie Munger, able partner of financier Warren Buffett, got frustrated early in his career because, as Buffett describes it, “he thought he was smarter than...

Top 7 reasons why the wrong people get hired

  • January 02, 2012

Nobody ever sets out to make a bad hire. But it happens, even to the best hiring managers. From managers' inadequate preparation to misguided hiring criteria to...

Shaun White: That’s how I roll

  • December 29, 2011

You'd be forgiven for expecting Shaun White to become a shill after winning a gold medal in snowboarding at the Olympics and more gold in skateboarding at the Summer X...

Martha Stewart’s comeback that wasn’t

  • November 07, 2011

A glut of “yes” men is probably one reason Martha Stewart hasn’t made the comeback she so anticipated. Signs that she let ego get in the way of her...

Billy Beane’s 5 rules for making deals

  • November 03, 2011

Billy Beane revolutionized the way baseball players are valued and also exploited the advantages of timing. The reason his Oakland A’s played like a different team...

Beware making verbal promises

  • October 28, 2011

Employers that make verbal promises of workplace job security in order to lure job applicants or retain employees leave themselves open to claims of breach of an...

Jeff Kindler: Pfizer’s bitter pill

  • October 27, 2011

The downfall of a prominent CEO offers a cautionary tale about the need for self-awareness and continual self-improvement: Jeff Kindler was forced to resign a little...