Starbucks is obviously a place where you need to come into work. You can’t make a frappe from your home office. Of course, people who work in the corporate offices aren’t handing out beverages with misspelled names on them and so can do their jobs remotely –approximately twice per week. The
Jennifer was a great manager who led a six-person team. She moved to a new company for a fabulous job, and you really can’t blame her. It was more money and a better title. You tried to replace her, but now it’s been six months, and the management position is still vacant. What
Your HR department is utterly miserable. Everyone hates them. Turnover is through the roof, and post-pandemic life in HR is wretched. This is according to a New York Times reporter who recently interviewed Workweek chief people officer Hebba Youssef, and others, about the trials of the job. “People in H.R. tend to be very compassionate, very empathetic,” Hebba Youssef
What if jerks are the ones who get things done? That’s how Shark Tank‘s Kevin O’Leary and Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor began their recent conversation on LinkedIn–saying they do not look for likeability when investing or hiring. Kevin O’Leary said, with Taylor nodding in agreement: “In the early years and looking at the outcomes, I
Yusuf Dikeç’s picture has been all over the internet this week. People are fascinated–I’m willing to predict his picture will show up in memes for years to come. And frankly, it’s the first time I’ve given a moment’s thought to the Olympic shooting competition. Yusuf Dikeç won the silver medal in this
Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign is in full swing and as such, she needs a staff. And indeed, she just dropped almost 100 job opportunities. Of course, these are temporary positions, but on the plus side, candidates probably won’t have to go through three months of interviews to
Hiring and firing can both take a long time. And sure, as a business owner, you want to be fair and make good decisions. But perhaps you should think about speeding up your firing processes. Employment attorney Eric Meyer recently shared a court case on LinkedIn in which a TSA employee complained about workplace discrimination and was fired shortly thereafter. Normally,
Twelve years ago, I wrote a rather pompous viral article titled “Why my child will be your child’s boss.” Granted, the headline was designed to get hits, but I truly believe the principles the Swiss schools espouse, namely independence. The child in the article graduated from secondary school earlier
Leadership transitions are difficult, and Vice President Kamala Harris has a huge transition she has to nail if she wants to win the official nomination as the Democratic candidate and even more so if she wants to beat Donald Trump for the presidency. Whether you’re stepping down to let someone else take
Is DEI dead? Several news sources have reported this week that Microsoft laid off its DEI team. That isn’t precisely what happened, according to a Microsoft spokesperson who said in an email to Inc., “This was two roles impacted in the events team, doing work that was duplicative of the centrally managed D&I org —
