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Harvey Mackay says his best friend outside his own family is legendary former Notre Dame Coach Lou Holtz. Holtz was also the head coach at the University of Minnesota and says that when he arrived in the Twin Cities (where Mackay makes his home), the “wind chill factor was about fifty degrees below zero,” and “Harvey sold me six refrigerators.” All jokes aside, Mackay is...
How the Pros Follow Through with New Year’s Resolutions
Fess up. You’ve already blown a couple of New Year’s resolutions, haven’t you? Perhaps it was the one about eating healthy. (Who can resist the double chocolate chip cookies someone brought to the break room?) Or, maybe it was your determination to be nicer to...
How to Communicate a Firing to Your Staff
Letting a staff member go is one of the most difficult things a manager has to do. And once the termination conversation is over, there’s another difficult task ahead: figuring out how to communicate the firing to the rest of your staff. Managers often have...
How to Handle the 7 Most Cringeworthy Coworker Situations
Whether it’s a smelly coworker or a colleague who sees meetings as a stage for her own monologues, you’re guaranteed to run into some awkward situations at work from time to time. Here are seven of the most awkward, and some tips on handling them....
What to Do When You Can’t Give a Positive Reference
A reader recently asked me: My former assistant a few years back couldn’t keep up with the workload and I was close to letting her go when she ended up leaving on her own. But since then, she’s told me that she’s listed me as...
Resolving Conflict Within Your Virtual Team
More companies are beginning to see the benefits of letting employees work from remote locations, noting the increased employee satisfaction, reduced turnover and improved productivity from such an arrangement. But telecommuting workers aren’t always a bed of roses for the manager who has to bring...
How to Choose Between Equally Great Candidates
A reader recently wrote to me with this hiring dilemma: I’m hiring for a 3-month position. This is not a long employment commitment, but at the same time it is for a crunch period so the job needs to be done efficiently and effectively. I’ve...
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Alison Green writes the popular Ask a Manager blog where she dispenses advice on career, job search, and management issues. She's also the co-author of Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Leader's Guide to Getting Results and former chief of staff of a successful nonprofit organization, where she oversaw day-to-day staff management, hiring, firing, and employee development.
Anita Bruzzese is a syndicated columnist for Gannett/USA Today on workplace issues and the author of “45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy.” She has been on the Today show, and quoted in publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, Self.com and BusinessWeek.com. Her website, 45things.com, is listed on the Forbes top 100 websites for women.
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Ugh, yes, nail clipping! And calling unnecessary meetings! - CPAlady:
Also nail clipping
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@Chase: I don’t know what’s worse – a ridiculous comment like that or the standard... - Anonymous:
@Tom S, is that you? I actually quote you in my chapter on passion in my book, New Job, New You. Thank...
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