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When You Work For A Jerk: A 6-Point Plan For Dealing With A Bad Boss

A bad boss is a big problem, and not easily fixed. In fact, front-line leaders are the primary drivers of employee engagement (or lack thereof) and apparently there are a lot more of them out there than I realized. If you are working for a bad boss I suggest you try these tactics over a three- to six-month period.READ»

Business People Behaving badly; why more executives need to take lessons from Miss Manners

Forget best practices. Here are some examples of worst practices in leadership, and business etiquette.READ»

Working with Millennials

Thought some of you would enjoy an article about Generation Y I was featured in... http://www.demodirt.com/index.php/generation-y/corporate-culture/321-we-r-coming-2-workREAD»

Picking Out the Perfect Christmas Tree

Family torture at the Christmas tree farm provided a neat little insight into hiring talent.READ»

Putting a Finger on My Michael Scott Envy

Was watching a rerun of The Office late last night.  It was the one in which someone took a dump on Michael Scott's office carpet.  He assumed the culprit was one of his direct reports and was initially paranoid and ...READ»

"I'm Ryan!" - A Management Lesson from My Identical Twin Boys

My identical twin boys, Matt and Ryan, are now 11 years old.  Most everyone who knows them tells them apart easily.  They look quite similar, of course, but members of my household can accurately identify them a half mile down ...READ»

Collecting Sales Talent from the Shores of Corporate America

If you have topline growth responsibilities, you know that acquiring top sales talent is especially important during these difficult times.  Proven producers typically require little base pay, and are lured instead by the upside ...READ»

Lessons from CYO Hoops

I coach my twin boys’ 5th grade CYO basketball team, and I often look there for applications to business and leadership.  I don't always like what I find.   Last week at practice, just after competing in a pre-season tournament, ...READ»

Generation Y: Stand Up For Yourself in the Workplace

How many times have you tucked your tail between your legs, left your bosses office and wandered back down the hall to begrudgingly complete a task that was incompetent or worse yet not, even in the realm of pertinence? I’ll ...READ»