This topic brings out strong opinions in people. Setting aside the law for a moment, let’s examine the opposing views. The “No Way This is Right Group” believes that what someone does in their home shouldn’t matter to their employer. The argument is, ” BIG BROTHER IN...
Workplace Issues
Tips for Employers and Supervisors for Dealing with Difficult People
Tips for Employers and Supervisors for Dealing with Difficult People This Blog is for the Employers and Supervisors out there. You have a responsibility to your workforce to protect them from Difficult People. See my previous blog (” How to Deal With Difficult...
How to Deal With Difficult People
How to Deal With Difficult People We all know them and work with them. Hopefully we don’t live with them but probably are related to some. So how do we deal with them? Let’s describe them first. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Abrasive Ann: This...
Does Anyone Give a Flip About Mission Statements?
I remember when it became popular for businesses and law firms to have a mission statement. It was the rage and it seemed crucial that if you were going to survive you had to have a mission statement. I remember being in partners meetings discussing what was going to...
Are office christmas parties out of style?
Maybe I am a Scrooge but office Christmas parties are out of style. I am not talking about parties for the kids. Christmas parties given by companies for families or kid Christmas parties are much appreciated by employees. What I am talking about is the office...
Why Do You Think My E-mails Are BAD?
My partner Charles told me yesterday that he is tired of people asking him about my emails. “What, I ask him, does that mean?” “Well, he said they want to know if you are mad.” Oops, are my emails that bad? Why do people think I am mad when I send an email? Is it...
We Have Come A Long Way Baby
Sometimes we forget that the world has made progress in the matter of discrimination. Consider gender discrimination, i.e. being treated differently because you are a woman or a man. In the New York Times, on Sunday, March 18, 2012, there was a front page article on...
Interviewing is Painful: Tips for Interviewing and Being Interviewed
I recently interviewed for a new secretary. It made me think about how painful interviewing is for both the interviewer and the interviewee. The interviewer, Me, doesn’t want to make a mistake and hire the wrong person. It has to be someone who can do the job, get...
Why is it so hard to be upfront
I am writing this blog article to share a recent experience. There is an individual in my office that many times drives me crazy. I felt like she never listened to my concerns and didn’t take me seriously. Every time I had a conversation with her my blood pressure...
Do Not Copy Steve Jobs’ Management Style
I recently read the biography of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537#reader_B004W2UBYW I didn’t know much about Jobs and I found the book fascinating. I loved the way Jobs was totally focused on creating...