Archive: July 2008
Bosses from hell: Is it our responsibility to manage them or does HR need to send them to Good Boss Boot Camp?
It's no secret that a number of middle managers are simply worker bees who did their job so well that they were promoted to a supervisory position, regardless of whether they had any inkling about how to manage and motivate...
The big give: Surprising stats about U.S. volunteers
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported yesterday that 26 percent of Americans age 16 or older volunteered for a non-profit organization in 2007. What's more, 36 percent of volunteers donated at least 100 hours of their time last year, the highest rate...
How do you stave off burnout?
It's been fascinating to read all the different opinions readers have about blending work with leisure time vs. keeping weekends, evenings, and vacations work-free. Keep 'em coming. Meantime, here's another tidbit to chew on: Last week, a new CareerBuilder.com survey...
Shared leave: Donating paid days off to coworkers in need
Earlier this year, I was out walking my dog and got to talking to a neighbor who'd been undergoing chemo for breast cancer. She was doing well, but she of course needed the day off work once a week for...
Equal opportunity layoffs and wage woes for women
Not to belabor the "not opting out" conversation, but the day after I wrote about laying the so-called opt-out revolution to rest an interesting Congressional study was released: Contrary to once-popular belief, women have not been dropping out of the workforce in increasing numbers...
Questioning and then debunking the so-called opt-out revolution (for the hundredth time)
So many articles and studies about women supposedly opting out, in, under, and around the workforce have crossed my desk in recent years that I've pretty much stopped paying attention. But this month, a study announced by the Haas School...
Is your company's benefits package in sync with today's definition of "family"?
The Society for Human Resource Management put out its 60th annual Employee Benefits Survey last month. Along with the less-than-surprising revelation that U.S. employers are scaling back on health care and financial benefits was the heartening news that more and...
Is work/life balance dead, or is it just being redefined by technology?
Penelope Trunk, who writes the blog Brazen Careerist, says work/life balance is an outmoded ideal. On BusinessWeek's Balance blog last month she wrote that using technology to blend work and life is far more realistic than trying to compartmentalize each. In...
Barbara Ehrenreich at Seattle Public Library Thursday (7/17)
The hilarious and brilliant Barbara Ehrenreich will be speaking in Seattle this Thursday, July 17, at 7 p.m. to promote her new book, This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation. The event will take place in...
This year's holiday present for your boss? The book "Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It"
You may have heard of Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson when BusinessWeek did a cover story late in 2006 on Best Buy's meeting-free, schedule-less workplace policies. Ressler and Thompson were the forward-thinking HR pros who spearheaded Best Buy's uber-flexible...
Note to Congress: We want a paid vacation law
How do I love the folks at the Seattle-based non-profit Take Back Your Time? Let me count the ways. Not only do they lobby our politicians for paid sick leave, overtime limits, part-time workers' rights, paid parental leave, and making...
Independence Day... for your career
[Photo courtesy of Biznik] Earlier this week, I mentioned Biznik, a social networking site for independent professionals (from coders to copywriters to chiropractors) that I'm hooked on. Well, on July 9 and 10 the good folks at Biznik will...
How to use LinkedIn to land the job
PayScale's Kristina Cowan wrote an excellent post on Monday about using LinkedIn to land a job. If you don't know what LinkedIn is or haven't the foggiest idea how to maximize your use of it, run -- don't walk -- to...
Relief for cash-strapped commuters
[Photo courtesy of Microsoft Corporation] I was happy to see that yesterday's ABC World News with Charles Gibson did a segment on organizations that have instituted a four-day workweek to help relieve their employees' skyrocketing commuting costs. In the...
"I now pronounce you husband and...boss?"
Is it such a big deal when a husband works for the company his wife owns and runs? With 10.4 million U.S. firms owned by women, this was bound to happen more than a handful of times. But what are...
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