Understanding the difference between advancing your career versus maintaining a job is essential for professional sustainability in any organization.
Sure, we need to pay the bills. We all have responsibilities. But taking the time to ask yourself what makes you happy and what doesn't every so often surely isn't a bad thing. Life is too short to spend it in a job, or a relationship, or a situation that makes you miserable.
Walter basically grabbed the chalk right out of my hand and wrote an "F" on the board, left a space, and then wrote a "C." The eyes of one of my favorite students 16-year-old Daryn Dodson, sitting in the front row, opened wide with amazement.
Many CEOs are taking advantage of their influence over their employees by telling them who they think -- in their humble opinion, of course -- should ...
California is known for protecting workers and guaranteeing benefits. Port drivers are denied these benefits because lawyers have drafted contracts labeling them independent contractors rather than employees of the motor carrier.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted the most job openings in four years in June, a positive sign that hiring may pick up. The Lab...
For the past eight weeks, I have been an employee for an organization that helps below-grade level students catch up to their peers. The kids all ...
Bedrosian's study found that in a company of 1,000 employees, the estimated annual productivity loss due to binge eating is $107,965. Besides the financial loss to a company, why is it important to study the impact of binge eating on work productivity?
Journalist Barrett Tryon posted a Los Angeles Times story -- about how the newspaper that he worked for was being sold -- on his personal Facebook page. His employer asked him to take it down and after refusing to do so, he was put on unpaid leave.
How much do American employees want to telecommute? So much that 5 percent of them would get a divorce in exchange for being able to work from home (w...
The recent recession has toppled and transformed our ideas about just about everything.
NEW YORK — The recovery in the job market just hasn't happened. So, many people who lost their jobs well after the recession ended in June 2009 ...
Even if you are the best coach in the world, if the person you are coaching shouldn't be coached, the coaching isn't going to work. The good news is that the "uncoachables" are easier than you think to spot.
While the broken state of our immigration system, and its desperate need for reform, might not be a part of your daily life, there are many for whom it is. It's time we all start following this story.
I like teachers. But what I am learning from conservatives these days, especially the hosts and commentators for Fox News is that public school teachers are greedy.
Let's be clear: When politicians attack the poor, it is not partisan to challenge them -- it is a Christian responsibility.
The daily news may be filled with stories about scarcity. But the one thing we are definitely not running out of, at least not any time soon, is feeling, thinking people.
We grieve not the death of our loved one, but rather their slow demise. At the same time, we find ourselves taking on added responsibilities related to care and treatment for our loved one.
We are creating content -- be it data, audio or video -- and we are using an ever-increasing number of applications.
Now more than ever, there exists a clear confluence of the human desire to be empowered with education and the urgent need for Fortune 500 companies t...
If you are one of the people who lost your job during these tough economic times, you should be working on starting your own business in parallel with looking for that ideal replacement job.
Managers need to find ways to promote informal communication while minimizing destructive gossip and knife-in-the-back criticism that impairs relationships, lowers morale, and decreases productivity.
It's the little things that make or break the ability to attract, develop and retain excellent performers. For example, it doesn't take much budget to hold lunch and learn sessions.
Over a five year period, we learned that a simple rule governs a company's ability to develop leaders quickly and effectively. RBL Group partner Dave Ulrich calls it the 70/20/10 rule.
Can you imagine a job where you can ask for exactly what you want and get it? Do these jobs actually exist? It turns out they do! I was recently ins...
