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Good Deeds Do Get Rewarded
Doing the right thing doesn’t always get rewarded. We all know the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.” But that is not the topic of this blog. This time, doing good is being rewarded by the federal government. Shocked? Read on. There are tax...
Taxes and the Meaning of Life
Happy Tax Day! Monday was the 15th of April and as we know, official “pay up your taxes” day unless you are good with penalties. This is also the time of year that contractors realize their self-employment tax bill. Unfortunately, not all of them have put aside...
Relax, Don’t Retaliate
I recently read an article published by SHRM entitled “Employer Couldn’t Selectively Enforce Prohibition on Sleeping on the Job” and I thought “Oh, there has got to be a catch.” Yes, employers and HR professionals are sometimes flummoxed by EEOC decisions...
The Times They Are A Changin’
For 30 years, SXSW was the same week as spring break. You could set a calendar alert by it. And then, this year, Austin ISD and the University of Texas moved spring break to the week after SX. This is not a catastrophe, but it will probably create some traffic...
You Know What They Say About Assumptions…
According to an article published in the Wall Street Journal’s CMO Insights and Analysis section, over half of the companies in a recent survey invest in market research as part of their marketing budget. Why? Maybe because they know they’re going to waste a lot of...
It’s Not You, It’s Me
It’s Valentine’s Day so that means it’s time for our annual analogy about the similarities between businesses and personal relationships. Over the years, we have written about how hiring is like dating; how ending an employee relationship can be like breaking up; how...
Backwards Thinking? Don’t Drown In Sunk Costs
I was chatting with a business owner last week and the topic of sunk costs came up in the conversation. Sunk costs? In economic terms, these are costs that cannot be recovered. Like when you’ve already invested $1,000 in repairing a beloved car and find out...
I’d Rather Be A Groundhog Than A Unicorn
Groundhog Day is right around the corner, which always reminds me of the movie with Bill Murray. I love that movie. In case you haven’t seen it—is that even possible? Groundhog Day is about a guy who keeps living the same day over and over again and eventually sees it...
‘Greatest party ever.’ #openbar
This is not a “do’s and don’ts” holiday party lecturing kind of a blog. This is more like a “yeah, we are all adults, but sometimes some of us forget that” kind of a blog. “Tonight the decisions you make will have consequences that will haunt you for the rest of your...
Do You Have a Natural Disaster Plan?
No, not the upcoming holiday “party-ed too hard” a la Office Christmas Party movie issues. I am referring to the multitude of literal natural disasters we have experienced on a national level this year including floods, hurricanes, wildfires and ice storms. Here...
Boo! Your Employee Stole From You
So here’s a scary statistic: For small businesses and non-profits with fewer than 100 employees, the average damage from employee fraud tallies up to $200,000. The numbers are actually lower for large businesses…Why? Probably because larger organizations find the time...
The Value of Everyone’s Time
What struck me was the blueberry muffins story. Stanford professors Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal about the ways bosses inadvertently waste employees’ time. One of their examples involved an executive who casually mentioned...
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