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Bad managers come in many different flavors. Often, it’s hard to tell the merely mediocre from the truly terrible. But if you run into any of these behaviors in your boss, rest assured, you’re not the only one dealing with a learning curve: Your boss asks you to be “more passionate.” This one’s at the [...]
Management Rule #1: Make sure you have the right perspective.
The cover of Chicago’s Red Eye this morning shows a bright and shiny cartoon smile, over a bright and shiny yellow background. The headline reads, “Gen Happy: Despite life’s biggest stresses, Millennials are carefree and worry-free—and, for some reason, full of smiles.” Uh-huh. Ready? I’m calling BS. It’s not that I doubt the results—I’m sure [...]
Chris Ferdinandi recently wrote about why you shouldn’t care about a multigenerational workforce. And technically, he’s right. Yet, there is clearly a problem, and it certainly seems generational in nature. Just within the last week, I have heard about: A Gen Y job seeker who became angry at his brother’s girlfriend because she wouldn’t give [...]
Abstract: The irony of EFCA in a society that prizes personal liberty.
Management advice is, by and large, garbage. We wouldn’t heed it for two seconds in our personal life. Too many useless words.
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