Have you noticed the latest online craze? No, it's \r not how to make a million dollars overnight, although\r that idiotic idea is still floating around... It's \r adding voice to your website. "Ma Bell" meets \r the Internet, so to speak. If you ...

This Checklist should be used as a guide to assess your workplace health and safety risks. It is intended to assist you identify your ¡®risk profile¡¯ and ¡®potential exposures¡¯ and with identification to take appropriate action to minimise these ris ...

There has been a lot of attention to a book called "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. Mr. Gladwell writes about how we can use our instincts for decision making in situations that don¡¯t allow us the time to think deeply.

Most of us have had enough ...

I feel okay today, inexplicably. I got up, got dressed, charged my cell phone, made it to my morning event and spoke reasonably coherently there. I guess I'm functional - right? But then I stopped at the bookstore and had to think again.

The ...

Working men and women have a tough way to go these days. Longer hours, more work, fewer perks and bennies: and companies are not quite as focused on being "employers of choice" as they were a couple of years ago. But if you think your boss is the ...

The new bankruptcy law, officially known as The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, is aimed at making it more difficult for debtors to file for bankruptcy under chapter 7.

Prior to the new law, which took effect ...

If you are like many men and women in the 21st century, you may have found yourself literally drowning in debt. As a result, you may have made the touch decision to file for bankruptcy. In this regard, you may be wondering what steps that you ne ...

I¡¯m an expert on change and leadership, but my most popular speaking topic this \r past year, and the one I¡¯m already getting the most requests for in 2006, is \r ¡°Creative Collaboration.¡± This is because my corporate clients around the world (two ...

Have you ever experienced an unhealthy work environment? While most of us have, the majority of us does not or can not find ways to improve the toxic situation. I have a few suggestions on how we can, individually, change the landscape of the corp ...

What to do about bullies? Fortunately, they¡¯re not much to worry about once we grow to be adults, right? Phwew. All that immature behavior gets left way back in the schoolyard, years ago. Now just courteous, respectful, and stimulating work alongs ...

Don¡¯t get angry¡­ get even! Or so goes the old saw. What that¡¯s supposed to mean is that getting upset only offers negative results, like cheek-flushing, exacerbating one¡¯s blood pressure, alienating innocent bystanders, and, in the end, serving up ...

Many moons ago, while in college, I had a summer job at a service station working the night shift. That meant hours running from 11 PM to 8 AM. While for many this might seem like cruel and unusual punishment, I loved it. One big reason, other th ...

It is never a pretty sight. You drive into work, pull into the company parking lot and there, sitting in his personal spot, is your boss¡¯s car. Arghhh! Doesn¡¯t he ever stay home, get sick, take a personal day? But no, he doesn¡¯t, especially when y ...

In a high-speed global marketplace that reverberates daily with quick-shifting customer expectations and demands from the marketplace to immediately respond, companies may no longer rest on their laurels or keep doing things the way they¡¯ve tradit ...

CEOs proclaim it, corporate managers repeat it, and HR people say it over and over: it's the "value-adding" employees who make the difference in a company's ability to serve customers, to compete the in the marketplace, and to create shareholder r ...