It doesn’t take long to find stories from job hunters about how they were treated badly by a potential employer, such as: The hiring manager who took a personal call during the interview and used the applicant’s resume to jot …
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Firing a staff member is one of the hardest parts of a manager’s job. But it’s also one of the most important, because having the right people – and only the right people – on your team will make a …
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Life in a large organization isn’t always easy for people who want to solve problems. Usually, the issue isn’t coming up with a solution. Rather, it’s convincing other people that the solution is viable and should be implemented. And whether …
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When you’re interviewing new staff members, you probably think a lot about the little signals you get concerning candidates’ responsiveness, work ethic, enthusiasm, and other elements of what they’d be like to work with. But do you also consider what …
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When I was in third grade, my teacher took the twenty-two kids in my class to wilderness camp. My friends and I stood in a circle and held hands. Someone had to stand in the middle blindfolded, and then fall …
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If someone looked you in the eye and said, “You have 10 minutes to come up with the most creative, most breakthrough idea this industry has ever seen” you might be tempted to laugh in that person’s face. After all, …
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It’s nerve-wracking to get a new boss. You may have signed up for your job assuming you’d be working for the previous manager … but at some point she may leave and a new boss will come in. How do …
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