8 Ways to “Manage Up” — without Your Boss Knowing You’re Doing It

Beverly Flaxington

A Gallup poll (here’s the link) of more 1 million employed US workers showed that 17% of employee turnover is because of a bad boss or immediate supervisor. But the poll also concluded that 75% of all turnovers are influenced by managers — that is, a bad manager is often the tipping point in an employee’s decision to leave.

In my consulting and coaching work with employees, we spend far too much of our time working on “managing up” — helping employee deal with a difficult or incompetent boss. Oftentimes the boss has an unpleasant manner. The boss is a bully or a poor communicator. Sometimes the boss is disorganized and blames their employee as a result for any ensuing problems. Continue Reading

4 Reasons Why Employers Must Encourage Telecommuting

Why should employers allow employees to work from home?  The following post has four good reasons.

2.5% of the U.S. employee workforce (3.1 million people, not including the self-employed or unpaid volunteers) considers home their primary place of work. it is also estimated that 20 to 30 million Americans work from home at least one day a week.-According to an analysis byTeleworkResearchNetwork.com Attract and Retain Employees

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Employees Feel More Productive When They Take Lunch Breaks

A lunch break isn’t just good for satisfying your appetite; it can also increase productivity on the job.  Find out how employees feel in the following infographic. Continue Reading

Internships Open the Door to Getting and Keeping Jobs

Students in the Class of 2013 can boost their chances of finding jobs by taking advantage of internships.  Learn more in the following post.

For the sixth consecutive year, two annual nationwide surveys, both conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), indicate that performing a college internship not only increases one’s opportunities to land a job, but also to keep a job. The 2012 Internship and Co-op Survey and the Student Survey Class of 2012 revealed that 63% of paid interns received at least one job offer upon graduation. In contrast, only 36% of graduates who have no internship experience received at least one job offer. Continue Reading

What You Need To Know About Asking Your Boss For a Flexible Working Arrangement

Yvette Maurice

I had an argument with my friend yesterday – she’s a manager who looks after 40 staff and is struggling to accommodate everyone’s requests for flexible working arrangements. I, on the other hand, have enjoyed working for a company that actively encouraged its workers to work flexibly: within that organisation there were job sharing directors, people who worked from home, people who worked part time and casually, and people who worked in different states, at different times of the day. Continue Reading

Workplace Productivity: Where We Stand

How much work are you getting done on the job?  Apparently, a whole lot of time is being wasted and costing employers billions of dollars.  Learn more about workplace productivity in the following infographic. Continue Reading

Corporate Culture 101: Building Your Personal Brand Online with Self-Management Skills

Businesswoman on laptop screen. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.

Adapting to corporate culture is something everyone has to do if they want to make it in the professional world. Despite the fact that everyone has to make this transition at some point, the process isn’t as easy as it looks. Just like any culture, corporate culture has its own set of rules, values and criteria that members must exemplify in order to be accepted into the culture. This two-part series explores a few fundamental skills one must have to mesh successfully with modern corporate culture, along with a few tips on what not to do. Continue Reading

Make Your Mobile a Job Seeker’s Dream Tool in 8 Steps

Natalie Bracco, Freelance Writer

Nobody pounds the pavement to go out job hunting anymore. In today’s digital age, many companies use an online hiring process to accept applications, gather resumes and schedule interviews with potential employees. Use the following 8 simple steps to make your mobile a job seeker’s dream tool. Continue Reading

Five questions to ask yourself before meeting with your federal employees

Before evaluating their employees, federal employers need to know they can offer them valuable feedback.  The following post has some questions they should ask themselves in preparing for these meetings.

With the new fiscal year just beginning, now is the perfect time for federal leaders to have one-on-one conversations with their employees about expectations, performance and results, as well as offer feedback and coaching to help them continuously improve and succeed.

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One of the Biggest Mistakes Companies Make

In the following post, hear one opinion as to why it is important not to make one particular mistake in improving your business.

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One of the Biggest Mistakes Companies Make