Question: I handle marketing for a large engineering company. Our owners are engineers and not managers. As a result, no one runs things when people problems occur. To produce...
Question: I’ve worked three years for our branch, first as a salesperson and then as the sales manager. When I started to burn out on sales, I told our...
Hiring a new member of staff is far more than a process of forging new business partnerships; it’s a 1 million decision that should not be taken lightly. It’s...
Question: I’m the only male employee in a large oil patch company’s accounting department. Although I have a ten year history of positive performance reviews and a generally good...
Today’s work environment, in the struggling economic recovery, is fraught with pressures and workloads that are unique to the times and effect all of us. It is in this...
HR Professionals: As part of your strategic role, you can apply your skill sets to help Line Supervisors to build productivity, to transform their departments into performance-building teams through...
Question: Our business development manager slams anyone who dares dispute him. He thinks he's immune from consequences as he brings so much money into our company. As I don't...
Question: My supervisor is gunning for me. When I got my job, it was not with his blessing. He wanted a friend of his hired but was out of...
Rumor has it that US negotiators are hard to understand. That's because, unlike the Japanese, Americans are not racially or culturally homogenous. Two different orientations to time exist across...
Question: I've worked for my company for 15 years and have made millions of dollars for my company. Senior managers who've formerly told me they know my word is...