Persuasion or Manipulation?

• October 27, 2016

Persuasion is not manipulation. If a connection between those words crosses your mind, it is time to eradicate it — and my goal in this short post is to help you...

How to send a formal email invite

• October 20, 2016

What guidelines are there for sending email invitations for a formal event?

Can you fire worker for bringing gun on company property?

• October 20, 2016

Before terminating an employee for bringing a gun to work, check your state law.

Sometimes, you gotta bend the rules

• October 20, 2016

Your book of regulations is likely not all-encompassing, vague in spots and open to interpretation in others. It’s just a guide, for crying out loud. Which brings us...

2018 FICA wage base, withholding allowances, retirement contributions

• October 19, 2016

The Social Security Administration has announced that the taxable wage base for the Social Security portion of FICA will increase to $128,700 in 2018. The amount...

10 signs an employee is promotable

• October 12, 2016

Use this checklist to determine if your employee does any of the following and deserves that big promotion.

What to do when team members start fighting

• October 11, 2016

Even the happiest “work families” can experience simmering conflicts or even red-hot feuds.

Managing your boss’s email

• October 10, 2016

Your boss is out of the office and has asked you to be his or her contact person. Follow these tips.

Stop rankism in the workplace

• October 06, 2016

When employees “pull rank” on other employees, the effects can be devastating.

Finding Passion for Your Work, One Story at a Time

• October 06, 2016

JATHAN JANOVE: In this story, my guest Paul Smith explains how, to his great surprise, he found meaning in marketing toilet paper. Paul is a keynote speaker, corporate...

5 signs of insecure people

• October 04, 2016

If you want to prove to your boss, co-workers and customers that you are confident and capable, don’t commit these actions that scream “I’m...

‘Who’s’ vs. ‘Whose’

• October 03, 2016

“Who’s” and “whose” are homonyms, meaning they sound the same but have different meanings. Alice Underwood, writing at Grammarly, lays out...

Wearable technology: A Pandora’s box of HR evils?

• October 03, 2016

The wearable technology revolution affects a host of seemingly unrelated employment law issues.