Congrats! You’re a new manager and you get to put together your own team. How do you do that? Here are some guidelines in putting together a team. To keep reading, click here: 6 Steps in Putting a Work Team Together
Month: January 2016
The perk that many, many people want? The ability to work from home-either part time or full time. In fact, so many people want this that a lot of companies have implemented telecommuting policies. For those of us who love working from home, this is fantastic. No commute. We’re
If you’re like most people, you don’t look forward to the annual review. Many managers hold onto all their criticism and praise for the annual performance review, which makes employees nervous. Lots of companies tie their annual increase programs to the performance reviews, so there’s anxiety around that
When you’re the boss, you can get away with a lot because people are used to sucking up to you. You may start thinking your jokes are funnier than they are, and that all your ideas are fantastic. Michael Scott, from The Office, was the king of cluelessly
Being a manager means you’re in charge of a group of people and a business function. You assign tasks, you probably have financial goals and you are responsible for everything that happens. When things go wrong, the people up the chain will want to know what mistake you
Life can sometimes be tough, and January can bring that out in spades. Little things-like this morning I walked my son to school at 7:45 and it was still dark out. Talk about depressing. While I can’t convince my family that we should spend 6 months of the
Poor Marissa Mayer seems not to be able to do anything right. The Wall Street Journalrecently reported that her senior team seems to be leaving for other opportunities. For a company that was on a turnaround plan, that’s problematic. Then investors started calling for her removal. In the
I had tickets to see Star Wars last night. I’ve had these tickets since November 9th. I’m not exactly a super fan (read: I don’t own any light sabers and my hair is too short to do the Princess Leia buns), but I do thoroughly enjoy the first
The minimum wage is almost always a matter of controversy. Right now, people are pushing for a $15 per hour minimum wage. Current federal law requires $7.25 per hour for non-tipped jobs, with many states having higher levels. So, why did the New York Times argue for a
The Wall Street Journal reports that several companies are using genetic testing to help employees lose weight or learn about certain cancer markers. Sounds awesome, right? Wouldn’t you like to be prepared and take precautions if you knew that you were genetically predisposed to breast cancer? Or if