There have been a number of reports lately of employees being fired for trying to stop thieves. Doesn’t seem right to fire someone for trying to protect the company’s assets. But which assets does a company (and their employees by extension) have a duty to protect?
I will admit that I’m not a fan of President Obama. If that turns you off, so be it — I will always speak my mind, and you have every right to read what you want.
I dislike that he is a micromanger as characterized by the Wall Street Journal.
However, in all fairness, this is an [...]
UPDATE:
I just happened across this and have to add it into this post. It’s a bit long, but worth every minute!
According to a February 2009 survey by Adecco, 54% of the respondents would have chosen a different career path knowing what they know today.
How many of your employees are included in that figure? Do you [...]
‘Did I Really Say That?’
How would you feel if one of your ‘quick response’ emails found its way to the press?
That’s what happened to Gregory J. Knox, President, Knox Machinery, Inc. Franklin, Ohio.
When he arrived at work awhile back, he had an e-mail from Troy Clarke, president of General Motors North America. Mr. Clarke was [...]
Who does the work at your place of [tag]business[/tag]? The managers? The individual contributors?
In today’s organizations it should be both, but I doubt that many managers or leaders would be able to get much done without the involvement of the individual contributors.
I picked up today on the results of an [tag]employee engagement[/tag] survey by the [...]
What causes change?
Every time you try to influence an employee to do something differently you are trying to get them to [tag]change[/tag] behavior or, in reality to change their current habits. But what exactly will cause them to change?
As I think back on each role and situation I have been involved in as an HR [...]
In the News
Listening to Bill O’Reilly’s back-up commentators today I was shocked! Although after the last number of years I don’t know why I should be.
The big news this week is the allegation that Illinois Governor [tag]Rod Blagojevich[/tag] tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder.
Also in the news today, former [...]
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