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The Secret of the Luckiest Business Owners
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. Seneca said it first, then everyone from Oprah to Mary Engelbreit quoted it. Luck is what happens when you get yourself ready for opportunity. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, with respect to leaders and...
A Tale of Two Business Owners or The Two Little Pigs
So, the people I’m going to tell you about are amalgams. Two business owners who represent the kinds of people I deal with all the time. This is parable; a morality tale. It’s a little bit like the Three Pigs, only with two. Here are the stories of Bob who did...
How to Build a Great Team
What a week for sports teams! Spurs win the NBA championship. USA bests Ghana with a stunning set of goals at the World Cup, beating the odds. The Texas Stars take the 2014 Calder Cup in American Hockey League. It’s the perfect week for me to write about teams. As we...
Should You Ban the Box?
So, have you heard of the Ban the Box movement? It's the unofficial name of the movement to expand the Fair Criminal Record Screening Act and it’s gaining momentum around the country. The idea behind Ban the Box is that a lot of employers have a box on their...
You’d Better Hope that Employee Goes Home Right at Five
Exempt, non-exempt, salaried vs. hourly, overtime vs. straight time…it’s confusing right? Not to the Department of Labor. That regulatory agency knows all the rules…like it’s okay if you don’t pay overtime to an hourly employee working in a computer occupation as long...
Change is Coming. Are Your Employees Going to Freak Out?
Change happens. Some people dive into change with abandon but for most of us, any change can really flip the needle on our stress meters. Even good change, like getting married or moving to a new place you’re excited about can be stressful. In companies, change takes...
Internship Programs Doomed? Only the Bad Ones
I recently read an article about a bunch of Conde Nast interns suing the company for underpaying them because they did menial tasks that didn't help their careers and could have been done by employees. The article wondered: Is this the end of internships? No! For...
Do You Really Need Discrimination and Harassment Training? Um…Yeah
Occasionally, when we propose discrimination and sexual harassment training, clients push back. “We would never hire the kind of person who would use racial epithets,” they say. “We would never hire someone who would sexually harass other employees.” Well, maybe not....
Culture is About Communication
Culture. What do we hear most from business owners and non-profit directors about this topic? Its usually one of these two statements: We are going to create a great culture! OR We are going to work hard at keeping our great culture as we grow. And what is the...
CEOs and EDs Need Accountability Too
So, you’ve got managers and deliverables, deadlines and yearly evaluations to make sure employees do their jobs. And you see to it that the managers do their jobs. But who is holding you accountable? Who is checking to see that you’re making reasoned decisions about...
Electronic Cigarettes an Issue in the Workplace. Or Are They?
So who could have seen this coming? More than 20 years after they banned smoking in most workplaces, the whole question has come up again in the form of electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes. These cigarettes have a battery that dispenses a vapor—with or without...
Don’t Toy With Worker’s Compensation Insurance
Workers compensation insurance ain’t cheap. So companies may sometimes be tempted to fudge a little. Like, if one of your IT guys normally doesn’t do a lot of heavy lifting but when you need stuff carried out of the office he’s your go-to guy, you might be tempted to...
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