If you’ve been in the workforce for longer than a year or two, you’ve probably had some odd coworkers. But how do yours stack up against the winners of our weirdest coworker contest? I recently asked readers to tell us …
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One of the biggest mistakes I made in the early part of my career was when my boss mentioned the year he graduated from high school. “That’s the year I was born!” I responded. The expression on his face should …
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As a business and workplace author and speaker, I’m always getting asked about how to cope with getting fired, or how to fire a wayward employee. But no one ever talks about the best way to cut ties with an …
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If you read Seth Godin’s blog, you probably saw the post that talked about how easy it is to manipulate the New York Times’ bestseller list. Said Seth:
Team leaders, heed this warning: good upfront communication is critically important to successfully integrating a new employee into your team.
Human beings have a variety of personality types and different work styles, which makes it impossible to get along with all of our team members all of the time.
The scene from the recess playground is burned in my brain. The captains are choosing teams for dodgeball, and my friends and I are standing in a line, nervously shifting from one foot to the other. No one wants to …
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