4 Traits Employees Adopt That Sabotage the Workplace
In order to change bad behavior, you have to first recognize it.
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A company’s success comes from the team, not individual players
by Dan Oswald As a manager, would you rather hire a person who wants to do great work for a company or a person who wants to work for a great company? Think about it for a minute. There’s a difference. Who doesn’t want an employee who wants to do great work—someone who wants to […]
You Know Nothing About Keeping Secrets … Yara Greyjoy
Does your company have valuable trade secrets, which could do some significant damage to your bottom line if those secrets got out? If so, you may want to consider an employment contract or confidentiality agreement so those secrets remain secrets. Or, you can follow in the footsteps of one of the most popular television shows […]
How Your Job Descriptions Can Drive Company Culture
The troubling dysfunction of San Francisco based Uber Technologies, Inc.’s corporate culture is a testimony to the workplace mantra that “culture is set from the top.” Did Uber’s management really think that a hotline for anonymously reporting illegal behaviors or the nomination of a prominent woman to its board of directors would be enough to […]
Anthem Agrees to Settle Data Breach Class Action for $115M
Anthem Inc. agreed to pay $115 million, and take specified corrective actions, to settle a consolidated class action that resulted from the massive cyberattack suffered by the health insurer.
The Current Landscape of Proposed and Expansive Leave Programs
The discussion at various levels of government and business today is that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) doesn’t go far enough. That’s why some jurisdictions are taking matters into their own hands, adding to the law’s basic requirements.
Senior Leadership and Employee Satisfaction
How would employees rate your company’s CEO? Is he or she an award-winning leader?
5 Things Top Global Companies Do Differently When Recruiting
Employees are the lifeblood of any company. A company runs because its people bring its objectives forward and meet its goals. This fact puts recruitment as a very pivotal process for any organization. It is during the recruitment process that recruiters assess and select the right people who would fill in job positions and contribute […]
Job Candidates and Your Company’s Dress Code
A recent survey from staffing firm Office Team, a Robert Half company, finds employees are confused about what to wear to work. And if people who work for a company don’t understand what’s appropriate, job candidates are apt to have even more difficulty decoding a company’s dress code.
Help, They Made Me a Supervisor—9 Disastrous Mistakes New Supervisors Make
There are few times in business as treacherous as the first few months for new supervisors. They have new-found power and are eager to do the right thing—but they don’t know what it is.