Posts Tagged ‘employee’

Find Stability in Life by Changing Jobs… A Lot

Boston Globe columnist, Penelope Trunk, delves into the myth of stability in a longterm job. She’s saying that most adults are now switching jobs every two years, finding work that really suits them personally and not looking for that one job that will carry them to retirement.

Scary for some, the truth is there isn’t as much stability in those kind of jobs anymore. Penelope goes through how things have… » Continue

February 28 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: employee, jobs | 7 comments»

Sheepwalking Through Work

Seth Godin’s written a piece on what he’s coined Sheepwalking - those who float through jobs, even their careers, only following their ‘work manual’.
I define “sheepwalking” as the outcome of hiring people who have been raised to be obedient and giving them a braindead job and enough fear to keep them in line.

Step one is to give the problem a name. Done. Step two is for anyone who sees… » Continue

February 13 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: employee, empowerment | 4 comments»

How to Ruin Your Career In Five Easy Steps

If you’ve had six different jobs in the last 18 months and the only thing that is the same at each job is you, there may be a problem.

Unless you’re doing research for a book entitled “How to Lose Your Job in Ten Days.”

If you are some of the following may be some great information gathering techniques.
1. Be oblivious to expectations. Most operations don’t want a yes man. But… » Continue

November 22 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: business-ethics, career, employee, Management, success | 16 comments»

Reining in Rule Breakers: Becoming a Great Leader #3

There is a little rebel in all of us. The question is when an employee breaks the rules what should you do about it?

It is an important question. The decision can have an impact not only on the employee but the whole department in which he works.

Every manager should make it a habit to periodically review company behavior and conduct guidelines.

Here are a few of the problem areas you… » Continue

September 22 2006 | By Reginald | Tagged: business, employee, leadership, managememt | 6 comments»

9 Tips for Career Starters

I liked this post from Get Rich Slowly, entitled “Nine Tips for Young People Starting Careers,” but I disagree that they relate only to the young. I think they’re the kinds of lessons we should reconsider once every six months, as a checkup for how we’re conducting ourselves.

Maybe the young folk don’t know all these lessons yet (I feel this way when in retail settings), but some of us… » Continue

September 1 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: business, career, employee, getrichslowly, Management | 6 comments»

Management Hack: Grow Fire

If you’re a supervisor or executive in your company, you also must play the role of farmer. It’s your job to cultivate and grow crops that will yield the next series of leaders and top performers. So, with that as the backdrop, I say to you: grow fire.

Grow Fire

Find the most passionate of your employees and give them extra care and attention, because though they might occasionally crowd the… » Continue

May 19 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: development, employee, Management, manager, work, work-life | no comments»

Homeshoring: A Job for You?

Business Week has an article about Homeshoring, a new trend in taking jobs that were originally slated for Bangalore and shipping them to Boise, instead.

Hiring people who need or want flexible schedules in an at-home setting gives groups such as stay-at-home parents or people with disabilities a way to earn money for their skills. Some see the trend as a way to keep from having more U.S. jobs sent… » Continue

May 4 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: employee, entrepreneurship, organization, Technology, work, work-life | no comments»

Seven Questions Employees Should Ask Before Joining a Startup

David Beisel has a very good article listing 7 questions that a candidate should ask before joining a startup. It is good to view from this perspective, because in employee point of view, joining a start-up company do have some considerable risks. Asking the following questions will give you more in-depth details about the company hence decrease the risk on joining a company that does not suit you:

If you are

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October 19 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: business, employee, start-up | 1 comment»

5 Things Employees Need to Learn—from You

Aloha Readers of Lifehack.org! Leon has graciously invited me to be a guest author here, and I am most appreciative of this wonderful opportunity to share the ideas which add richness yet more simplicity to our lives. As a management coach, and the author Managing with Aloha, you’ll find that what I’ll most often offer you will deal with management, leadership and the reinvention of the workplace at the hands… » Continue

September 8 2005 | By Rosa | Tagged: employee, leadership, learn, Management, manager | 11 comments»