#Management

Psychology | Personality

How to give negative feedback - Fast Company

Pro tip: Leaders need to focus on minimizing threat from negative feedback through an easy three-step process.  

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Do Employers Need to Come to Grips with Employees’ Mental Health Struggles? | Workplace Coach Blog

Do employers need to come to grips with employees' mental health needs? Yes, because they're real & impact the workplace

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Is It Time You Rose To The Challenge? | Workplace Coach Blog

Is it time you rose to the challenge? Avoid the leadership vacuum. Address problems and bullies. Learn to handle conflict.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Low Morale? Employees Lost Heart & Disengaged? Here’s How to Fix That with Team Building That Goes Beyond Rah-Rah

Low morale? Employees disengaged? Here's how to fix that with team-building activities that go beyond rah-rah to real.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Enticing Employees Back into the Office: 3 Strategic Employer Mistakes | Workplace Coach Blog

Return to the office: enticing employees back to the worksite: 3 strategic employer mistake that kill morale, productivity & retention

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Why Leaders Fail: A Cautionary Tale | Workplace Coach Blog

Why newly promoted leaders fail: a cautionary tale: the reality and what failing leaders can do before they resign or find themselves fired

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Digital Presenteeism: Faking You Care, Faking You’re Even There | Workplace Coach Blog

Digital Presenteeism: Faking You Care; Faking You're Even There; the trend, the costs, what employers, managers and employees need to do

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Tough Love—What if the manager needs it as well as the “star in his own mind” employee? | Workplace Coach Blog

tough love for an employee who's a star in his own mind and for a manager who's "had it"

Humor | Humor

At The End Of The Day

The Official Dilbert Website featuring Scott Adams Dilbert strips, animation, mashups and more starring Dilbert, Dogbert, Wally, The Pointy Haired Boss, Alice, Asok, Dogberts New Ruling Class and more.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

CEO Tells the Truth About Why He Fired Two Senior Managers | Workplace Coach Blog

CEO tells the truth about what he learned about his company during the pandemic--that employees were the lifeblood

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

It Isn’t the Pay; It’s What You Won’t Fix | Workplace Coach Blog

it isn't the pay that costing you employees in the great resignation; it's what you won't deal with

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Restoring Trust in the Workplace: What managers can do to restore mutual trust that lasts for the long haul | Workplace Coach Blog

Restoring trust in the workplace: what managers can do to return mutual trust that lasts for the long haul

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Pay Attention to Internal Warning Signals & Red Flags | Workplace Coach Blog

New job landmines; pay attention to internal warning signals & red flags

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Manager Traits That Have Negatively Impacted Our Workplace Culture

With managers playing a key role in the Great Resignation, it is an important reminder that the people we work with can affect our well-being.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Omicron and the Supervisor as Duct Tape | Workplace Coach Blog

Omicron hits the workplace and supervisors have to duct tape the workplace together

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Don’t Lose Your New Employees Their 1st Week: The Reality & Drama of New Job Remorse | Workplace Coach Blog

How to retain employees: don't lost your new employees their first week: the reality and drama of new employee job remorse

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Find Out What Your Employees Want—Before You Lose Them - Workplace Coach Blog

Escape the great resignation, find out what your employees want before you lose them.

Books | Books

The Game Changer You Need - Workplace Coach Blog

Here's what accountability means to you and why it's a game changer.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Documentation That Makes the Case The Employee Deserved to be Fired - Workplace Coach Blog

As an expert witness (qualified in Court in management best practices, HR, and workplace issues), I’m often handed documentation by …

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

What you can do today & every day. - Workplace Coach Blog

Accountability is a choice for us and our leaders

Books | Books I Recommend

Managing For Accountability: A Business Leader's Toolbox

Veteran management consultant and HR expert Dr. Lynne Curry provides business owners, leaders, and managers a complete roadmap for creating accountability in the workplace.Managing for Accountability: A Business Leader’s T

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Performance Reviews: Dread Them? Ditch Them?Replace Them? - Workplace Coach Blog

performance reviews: dread them? ditch them? replace them? Here's what you need to know.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

The Competent Jerk: Managing a Top Performer Who Alienates His Coworkers - Workplace Coach Blog

Managing the competent jerk, getting him to change

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Trouble Unleashed: How to Resolve Conflicts in a Virtual, Remote Work Environment - Workplace Coach Blog

Virtual, remote workplaces can be petri dishes for conflict. Here's how to prevent/resolve virtual workplace conflict.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Former Manager Says "Fire Them All"; Separating Fact from Fiction - Workplace Coach Blog

Toxic workplace; former manager slings mud; decide for yourself

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

5 Action Steps for Regaining Trust - Workplace Coach Blog

When employees or coworkers no longer trust you, they don’t tell you. Why would they? They don’t trust how you …

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Conducting a Virtual Investigation: the landmines to avoid - Workplace Coach Blog

Conducting a virtual workplace investigation: what you need to know & landmines to watch for

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Performance Reviews: Dread Them? Ditch Them? Replace Them? - Workplace Coach Blog

Performance reviews; why don't they work and what's a GREAT alternative?

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

If Your Employee Won't Admit the Truth, You Need To - Workplace Coach Blog

You know your employee tells little white lies; the ball's in your court, what do you do?

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Want to be a Great Supervisor: Do a 180: Coach - Workplace Coach Blog

If you want to be a great supervisor, become a trusted coach who respects employees

Business & Finance | Business

Starting a Small Business? Welcome to Financial Management 101.

As a new business owner, you have a lot of hats to wear, including that of Chief Financial Officer.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Mandatory COVID Vaccinations: The Rules - Workplace Coach Blog

Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations: Here are the rules employers need to follow

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Zero-tolerance: Can You Afford It? - Workplace Coach Blog

Zero-tolerance policies in employee handbooks--the benefits, the risks.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Employees Stage a Thanksgiving Rebellion - Workplace Coach Blog

Employer policies & holiday celebrations

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Sticking My Neck Out & Asking You To Say What You Want In This Book - Workplace Coach Blog

A how to guide for managing for accountability

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

We have two flawed managers, which one should we promote? - Workplace Coach Blog

You can't promote a flawed maanger unless you fix him/her

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Do Employer Owe Employees Paid Sick Leave When They Self-Quarantine - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: After I spent a weekend bar hoping, I felt remorseful, and self-quarantined so I wouldn’t bring COVID into my …

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Employee Thought He Deserved the Job I Landed...Now Gunning for Me - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: I recently landed a dream job managing a department for a strong, growing company. On my first day, I …

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

A Performance Improvement Plan Means Your Manager Plans to Fire You, Right? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: I’m been ordered to call you. Nothing personal against you, but I’m not having any. For the last year, …

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Managing a Team When You Have No Firing Authority - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: I supervise 15 employees, the largest crew in our company. I’m expected to handle employees who don’t show up …

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Are Post-Accident Painkillers Causing a Star Employee to Make Errors? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: One of my top employees, “Mary,” was rear-ended at a stop light three months ago and suffered from whiplash …

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Employees Push Back Against Returning to Work, Choosing Unemployment - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: We didn’t expect the pushback we got from two of our furloughed employees when we called them back to …

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Can My Employer Fire Me For Going to a Bar or Do I Have Any Freedom Left? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: My employer sent a two-part email to every employee last week. “As you know we’ve had a local spike in COVID-19 infections. The health department has provided a list of the establishments, primarily bars, where COVID-19 individuals spent ext

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

COVID-19: How to Create a New Normal | Workplace Coach Blog

Join Dr. Lynne Curry as she helps explain how to create a new normal in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

How to Make Layoffs with Heart: Three Questions | Workplace Coach Blog

Join Dr. Lynne Curry as she helps three different people understand how to make layoffs with heart.

Business & Finance | Business

3 Ways to Maximize Your Team's Productivity | Inc.

Three key areas that can help you and your teams be more productive during, and after quarantine.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice From Bobby

3 Things Every Employee Should Do to Survive a Toxic Manager | Inc.

When things are going well, they don't acknowledge good work. When things are going bad, this happens.

Business & Finance | Business

Why--And How--To Prioritize Weekly One-to-One Meetings | Inc.

Still conducting annual performance reviews? The case for meeting 50 times more often.

Travel | Travel

Mastering Hotel Distribution: 5 Tips To Get You There

Learn how to implement a successful multi-channel approach to online hotel distribution to attract new guests. Develop the best channel optimisation strategy to overcome distribution challenges and ensure a quality guest experience.

Travel | Travel

7 Fantastic Strategies to Boost Your Hotel Revenue Management

An effective hotel revenue management strategy is a must today. Through integrated hotel revenue management software hoteliers can increase their profits.

Travel | Travel

Five Trendy Purposes of Modern Hostel Management Software

Wondering how to manage your hostel better? Learn more about the benefits of cloud-based hostel software. Let's mention some of them only: You can run your business from any device, any time. A comprehensive hostel management system is also designed to ma

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

6 Ways to Manage Employees' Bad Habits

From showing up 10 minutes late, to wasting 10 minutes on Facebook, these responses will help keep your team in line.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

Why Managers Are So Bad at Recognizing Good Ideas - The Atlantic

In most settings, criticism tends to dominate. For any idea or book or movie or what have you, the question that people discuss is what’s wrong with it, why it didn’t live up to expectations.

Business & Finance | Business

9 Vital Customer Analytics Every Manager Should Know - Forbes

To succeed and grow, a business needs to be able to acquire, retain, satisfy and engage their customers effectively. Customer analytics are vital for assessing how well your business does this. Let’s look at some of the key customer analytics in use tod

Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate

Delaying the completion of a project may actually make you more creative.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

How To Figure Out When And What You Need To Delegate | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

It may seem like it's easier to do things yourself rather than teach someone else, but it's a surefire way to ruin your work environment.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Two very powerful words: Great job! | BERKONOMICS

The best managers we all know are the ones who take the time to praise good work in public, before an employee’s peers.  Most of us have a monthly award for the top person in a group of employees. And if we are big enough to formalize the process in a