Q: “My manager works a lot less than anyone else in our department. She arrives half an hour late every day and usually leaves early. On top of that, she schedules all her personal appointments on company time. Lately, she has begun ‘working from home,’ although no one else has this privilege. The rest of us are swamped with work, so her easy schedule hurts morale. Her boss has no idea what she’s doing, because his office is in another part of the building. How can we let him know about this?” Fed Up Employees
Some companies are taking a new approach toward employees who retire or leave to pursue new challenges. They are establishing groups to help everyone stay in touch and keep the lines of communication open. These programs have many employees wondering what the company benefits from in return.
It’s easy to get buried by the paperwork involved with managing your personal finances. Luckily professional organizer Regina Leeds and Bookkeeping Express CEO Greg Jones have some simple advice on how long you need to save different types of paperwork.
If you check your email or scan the web while you’re talking on the phone, the listener can almost always sense it. You’re not getting away with as much as you think!
As Harvard Business School professor and researcher Amy Cuddy notes, “Our bodies change our minds, and our minds can change our behavior, and our behavior can change our outcomes.” It’s all based on body language.
Networking can be hard, but it’s easier with a little help from these four applications recommended by writer Emily Green.
Having self-doubt on the job? Don’t obsess over it. Some otherwise capable employees sabotage themselves by finding patterns that aren’t really there, telling themselves that they “always mess up when the pressure’s on.”
Every social media profile needs a picture, but the same shot won’t work across the board, says Digital Trends’ Natt Garun.
Q: “A young man employed with our company has admitted to having a drinking problem. Although ‘Robbie’ performs his duties well and gets along with everyone, he has a lot of absences. My hope is that he can get himself straightened out, but he has apparently never sought treatment for his drinking. As his employer, is there anything I can do to help?” Supportive Boss
You want to improve yourself, but who has time to read all of those self-help books? Never fear, the staff at New York Magazine did the work for you and summarized the key advice contained in some of the best.
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