Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he could never be a good boss because leadership requires a deep and innate sense of evil. “After all,” he said in an interview I read, “the job is to ...
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The right way to deal with your problem employee
I get asked this question all the time: “How can I fix my problem employee?” The question is often asked with frustration and the implication that the employee is obviously the problem. I sigh a ...
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The case against unlimited vacation
A while back I wrote a blog on the idea of unlimited vacation for salaried staff. It was one of my most read blogs of 2018. Turns out it was the most read blog among ...
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If the rules are stupid, bend them just enough to get the job done
I heard a story on the radio years ago that made my blood boil. It has stuck with me ever since. I have thought about it many times, but have never written about it before ...
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How to avoid being thought of as a hypocritical, unforgiving jerk of a boss
If you are leading a team, people will inevitably, on occasion, fail to follow through on something they said they would do. So, what do you do when this happens? Generally, I do nothing. Why? ...