Is it time to leave your job?
Question: I’ve held the same job for eight years. There’s no real reason to leave it. My boss is nice enough. I’m comfortable with the people at work. I don’t…
The thin gray line employers should be cautious not to cross
Are you minding your P’s and Q’s? Check here. We have received a number of inquiries seeking information about an employer’s ability to request medical information. Employees are given forms…
5 Strategies for saying goodbye to the procrastination blues
The report’s good, but not good enough. You should have started it a week ago, but put it off. Friday afternoon, you panicked. You killed a perfectly good weekend to…
6 Questions To Ask Yourself If You Think It Is Time To Leave Your Job
When you first started your job, every day was shiny excitement. You learned new things and often wondered if you could keep up. The days now seem routine. You no…
Dealing with workplace drama queens (and kings)
I work with two drama queens. “Arielle” is always sure I or others are out to get her and make her look bad to our boss. She dragged me into…
6 Ways to manage bringing your kids to work with you
When our fledgling company swapped space in our office building with another tenant, the landlord cut our rent in half. As a small business owner, I was so pleased that…
Dispelling some myths about sexual harassment
Sex harassment -- so common a term that everyone thinks they know what these words mean and what happens when accusations fly. Do you? He said he didn’t harass her. She said…
How to survive workplace ‘mean girls’
'Mean girls' can make the workplace difficult–but not impossible–to survive. The workplace mean girl. Have you tangled with one? Did you hold your own or did she ride roughshod over…
Communication with Post-Millennium babies, “Generation Z”
There’s minimal research that exists for the developing generation some experts are calling ‘Generation Z,’ as some say the generation hasn’t entered the workforce quite yet. However, according to SHRM…
Are you a training depot for your competitors?
Are you wondering why your business has such a high employee turnover rate? Is the organization struggling to attract talent? A recent study conducted by Kenexa, which administrated a national-wide…