Flexibility is the key word in the Talent Wars today: flexible scheduling, flexible location, flexible pay, and even flexible employment itself. The benefits of such flexibility are probably obvious. By allowing employees to set their own…
Workers of all ages today rely every day on their immediate managers for help meeting their basic needs and expectations and dealing with a whole range of day-to-day issues that arise at work. Workers of all…
Before any individual can possibly succeed at “critical thinking,” that person has to know some things. That way will have something -- anything really -- about which to think critically. Step one: Know something! Or know…
Many managers tell me, “I’m not a natural leader. I’m a _____.” You fill in the blank: accountant, engineer, doctor. They say, “I don’t really enjoy managing. It involves a lot of difficult conversations.” What these…
