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Can Your Company Handle the Truth?

“You can’t handle the truth!” Col. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) in “A Few Good Men” Can your company handle the truth? This week I had plenty of time to contemplate stuff. A “simple” day surgery turned into 3 ...READ»

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Family Unfriendly

According to USA Today, fewer companies are pursuing family-friendly policies and practices such as flextime and telecommuting. A survey done by the Society for Human Resource Management indicates that a third of companies cut ...READ»

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How To Make Your Next Career Move

So you’re feeling like it’s time for a career move but with a slowing economy and a daunting unemployment rate, now seems like the worst possible time to leave a secure job? As it turns out, deciding to stay put in your current position to wait for it all to blow over may be the riskiest move of them all. By staying put while everything’s falling down around you and not even exploring your options, you run the risk of ending up with no position or prospects if your company has to resort to downsizing, regardless of your position or performance. So seize the moment and set your sights on your next move! Use this simple professional development plan to make your next career move.READ»

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Fast Start - Your First 60 Days

Congratulations, you've got the job! But you can forget about a honeymoon. If you're lucky, you've got 60 days to prove you can fit in and perform.READ»

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Stop the Insanity!

A new generation of dotcom entrepreneurs are creating companies that work -- without expecting people to spend every waking moment at work. Here's how to build a saner startup.READ»

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How HP Solved the Work-Life Conundrum

Are work-life initiatives doomed to fail in a 24-7 take-no-prisoners economy? An innovative program says that they can work -- if planners balance employee needs with business needs so both win.READ»

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Do You Make the Grade?

Our own editor got tough grades when he asked Fast Company staffers to evaluate his performance using an online service.READ»

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Tales from Telecommuters

Two Merrill Lynch telecommuters share their experiences.READ»

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How to Quit Your Job

You spend at least a third of your time -- and maybe much more -- at work, so it's time to learn the difference between a job you ride out and one you need to leave.READ»

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The Hidden Costs of Workaholism

Workaholism is the respectable addiction in our society but it's costing organizations in terms of loss of productivity, poor relationships and employee engagement. During this recession, with the increased pressure on workers to perform, the problem is getting worse.READ»

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Understanding Workaholism

The 40 hour work week is clearly a bygone.  Technology gives us the option of being connected to our work 24/7.  But there is a delicate balance between the necessary work commitment and Workaholism.  Employees working ...READ»

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Merrill Lynch Works - at Home

The Wall Street giant has created a one-of-a-kind program to teach its telecommuters how to get the job done.READ»

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Jobs for Life

Ernst Young is a cautious firm that has embarked on a bold experiment to address deeply personal questions about work. The goal, say the people behind these programs, is to create jobs for life.READ»

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Cisco Says Telecommuting Saves Money, and the World

Good news for homebodies: A Cisco survey of 2,000 people worldwide has revealed that employees who telecommute experience higher rates of productivity, work-life flexibility, and overall satisfaction. As if that isn't enough, the ...READ»

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Web Based Software Helps Marketing Coordinator Career Development

A marketing coordinator that develops and follows through with a plan to track their own career development between employee performance based reviews, is much more likely to get a promotion or other employee perks, than are ...READ»

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Leadership: All On Board

As graduations wind down and a whole flock of new recruits hit the pavement, one of the most important things you should be thinking about is how you're bringing those new recruits into your organization. I am talking about how you ...READ»

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SonicWALL's Telecommuting Calculator Reports How Much You Save by Working From Home

Telecommuting: it's good for the environment, great for your employer's checkbook, and even better for your burning desire to work in pajamas. It's not always easy to convince your boss to let  you telecommute, though, which is ...READ»

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You Get a New Boss Every Six Months

Mike Armstrong of Tektronix is by now so sensitive to the vagaries of human nature that he prefers sizing up new bosses on his own.READ»

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Making Flextime Work

According to Catalyst, getting your company to agree to an alternative schedule is the easy part.READ»

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How HP Solved the Work-Life Conundrum

Are work-life initiatives doomed to fail in a 24-7 take-no-prisoners economy? An innovative program says that they can work -- if planners balance employee needs with business needs so both win.READ»

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Poor Management Skills and Great Leadership

Can poor management skills distract from great leadership?READ»

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Give Employees the Space They Need

Your best employees want elbow room -- and they’ll leave you if they don’t get it. Here are four ideas for keeping them happy.READ»

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10 Questions to Build a Better Understanding of the Boss

Get inside your bosses head.READ»

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My co-worker hates me

It's never a good sign when your co-workers won't make eye contact with you.READ»

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How to Make Love in the Office II

Last year, just in time for the holiday office party season, I wrote a "One Thing Done Right" column about office romance -- how more and more people are, ahem, embracing their coworkers, and why many employers are deciding that ...READ»