When you sell your company, you’re not just selling your product or your factory: you’re selling the company’s soul. And if that soul becomes something you don’t like, it may cause issues. This conflict in values has resulted in Jerry Greenfield, the Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand,
“To give an executive assistant the power to organize your life/business is to give them the power to ruin it.” So said Greg Bulmash, chief creative officer of Bulmash Media. He’s not wrong. But the allure of someone else doing the daily life tasks that weigh us down
Workin’ 9 to 5 What a way to make livin’ Barely gettin’ by It’s all takin’ and no givin’ They just use your mind And you never get the credit It’s enough to drive you Crazy if you let it You know this great Dolly Parton number from
Do you remember the old Bob Newhart sketch where he’s a therapist who says he can fix any problem in under 5 minutes? And so when the patient tells him her problems (fear of being buried alive in a box, among other things), he simply replies, “Stop it.” That’s the
If character is revealed by how we treat others who have a lower status than we do, then Drogbruk CEO Piotr Szczerek failed spectacularly while attending the U.S. Open tennis tournament and behaving badly. Or maybe it was a big mistake. If you haven’t seen the story, it’s
Hybrid work is not the best of both worlds, according to an article in the Harvard Business Review from Wharton School Professor Peter Cappelli and HR strategist Ranya Nehmeh. And to be honest, I started this article with a closed mind because hybrid work is my favorite work schedule. I believe
Hiring has become ridiculous, with thousands of people applying for positions, companies ghosting candidates, job postings that don’t exist, and North Korean spies getting hired. Companies have laid off thousands of people, and those people are pounding the pavement (or, rather, stalking Indeed postings) to land a new, hard-to-find job. And yet, companies
Managers dread giving performance reviews and often don’t like to handle issues about employee behavior. Employees dread getting performance reviews and hate it when their manager disciplines them. When you mess up either an appraisal or some form of discipline, it’s more than just uncomfortable; it’s a lawsuit waiting to
To be clear, you can fire someone who solicits prostitutes while on the clock. That certainly falls under gross misconduct, and you’re free to terminate this person. So, why did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rule in favor of a man who (allegedly) did just that? One
Your job candidates are lying on their resumes and in their job interviews. According to a new survey from Flexjobs, 33 percent of job candidates admit to lying on a resume or cover letter. Furthermore, 19 percent said “they’ve faked enthusiasm or pretended to be passionate about a
