So you’ve studied all the best sellers about how to make yourself into a better manager? Well, you can’t believe everything you read.
Every few years, a management book or philosophy emerges to change our thinking about the best ways to lead employees. From The One Minute Manager to Who Moved My Cheese?, new and revived leadership concepts have shaped the way we organize, evaluate, inspire, and reward team members. With so many
competing management theories in the mix, some ill-conceived practices were bound to take hold-and indeed, many have. Here’s our list of the 10 most brainless and injurious:...
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Meet public enemy No. 1 in today's workplace.
If you're reading this article sitting down-the position we all hold more than any other, for an average of 8.9 hours a day-stop and take stock of how your body feels. Is there an ache in your lower back? A light numbness in your rear and lower thigh? Are you feeling a little down? These symptoms are all normal, and they're
not good. They may well be caused by doing precisely what you're doing-sitting. New research in the diverse fields of epidemiology, molecular biology, biomechanics, and physiology is converging toward a startling conclusion:...
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The Disposable Worker Temp jobs may save or ruin your company. Know how to keep productivity up.
You&rsquore a bad manager who&rsquos driving us nuts, and here&rsquos what those of us who report to you want to tell you—whether you like it or not.
Welcome! I&rsquom so glad you made it. Make yourself comfortable. You&rsquore probably wondering why I invited you. You&rsquore in for a treat. You see, this is your annual review, the one your boss never gave you, the one that really matters.
Don&rsquot get up. This isn&rsquot going on your permanent record. It&rsquos just between us, one professional to another. In reality, I guess you could call this an intervention. As with any wake up call, I&rsquom doing this because I like you. You have so many gifts. But you&rsquove lost your way. And frankly, you&rsquore doing more
harm than good these days. This is going to be hard to hear, but I&rsquoll say it anyway:...
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How can it be that you pay more to the IRS than General Electric?
As you work on your taxes this month, here&rsquos something to raise your hackles: Some of the world&rsquos biggest, most profitable corporations enjoy a far lower tax rate than you do--that is, if they pay taxes at all. The most egregious example is...
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Anyone starting out in business might find them useful.
Harvard captures the imagination like few other institutions. World leaders from President Barack Obama to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon are Harvard graduates. Business titans like Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, A.G. Lafley of Procter & Gamble and Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs are too. I've found the academic
training I received at graduate school there invaluable--but I learned even more outside the classroom than in it. Here are three key lessons that helped my career that Harvard didn't teach me in the classroom...
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Obama, Bernanke pile on debt when de-leveraging is needed.
If policymakers do not understand the real cause of a problem, they will in all likelihood be unable to provide a genuine solution. Messrs. Barack Obama, Benjamin Bernanke and Timothy Geithner do not understand the real cause of this debt crisis. They are politicians first and economists or students of the market second--if at all.
Therefore, it is not wise to count on them to tell us when the Great Recession is over, or to provide a plan to prevent another one in the future. The cause of the Great Depression in the 1930s, and the Great Recession beginning in 2007, was one and the same:...
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Being fully competent at your job is no more than the first step.
In my article "How to Rise Fast at Work" I told the true story of two first-year analysts at a small investment firm who took vastly different approaches to getting ahead at the job, with vastly different results. Mark focused on learning about his organization from top to bottom, helping to
bring about meaningful change wherever he could and developing his skills beyond what his job required so he could address needs he discovered at the organization. Ted, meanwhile, concentrated on doing his work faster than others, speaking regularly to important people in senior management and making
himself and his abilities known at every available opportunity. Mark shot ahead; Ted languished. Mark and Ted&rsquos stories confirm that competence at one&rsquos assigned tasks is hardly all it takes to achieve success and become a leader...
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Low taxes, warm sunshine and deep discounts on real estate. No wonder IRS data shows the wealthiest among us are headed south.
Surprise: America's wealthy like warm weather and low taxes. That's the takeaway from IRS data, analyzed by Forbes, on moves between counties. We looked for counties that the rich are moving to in big numbers. Topping the list:...
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3 Reasons to Fire a Prima Donna You will always get more from your team than you will from one person who shuts down your team.
If you’re a leader who employs a prima donna (one who produces great results but alienates everyone), what should you do?
It’s simple. Bite the bullet and fire that person. Here are three reasons why you should:...
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Few people would want to swap jobs with collectors . especially these days.
These real-life examples aren't likely to change any minds. With cash scarcer, debtors are getting craftier (and sometimes much more brazen) about preserving their cash flow at the expense of yours. And while some excuses are legit, others are downright crazy. We've collected 13 of the most off-the-wall reasons actually given to finance
staffers. Let's hope you've never been told any whoppers like these:...
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