Do you have what it takes to be a virtual worker? If personality plays an even bigger role in virtual work success than hard skills, what does this mean for you?

Here are some questions you should consider before jumping out of your cubicle and into a remote work situation. Read More
Do you know of anyone who loves working for an authoritarian boss? No right? Unless you have masochistic officemate who loves getting hit by the authoritarian boss. Sometimes, you can sweat and be afraid when left in the same room with an authoritarian... Read More
Every leader knows the difficulty of getting others to work for you. Even your own workers sometimes don't want to work for you if you want them to. How much more if you are engaging some outside consultant or someone else to work for you? Read More
We should never lose sight of the problem we are trying to solve for our customers because these problems evolve or new problems arise. Read More
There are lots of reasons why using spreadsheets to manage your data is a bad idea, but if you’re going to use them, here are some tips for using them more effectively. Written by Sumac Research Read More
A lot of women are proclaiming out loud their inner bitch. Is this a good thing? Obviously the people proclaiming it think it is. But what would you, as an employer, think? Read More
Effective project management includes the desire and drive to learn from lessons learnt and apply this learning to future projects. But why wait? Why not apply lessons learned during a project within that project straightaway? Perhaps this will instill greater discipline in applying lessons to futu Read More
Nonexempt employees are paid for all hours they perform work. That’s it, right? Of course that’d be much too easy. Are you allowed to pay them only for the time that they are working? What about waiting, rest periods or even some travel time? The FLSA requires you to pay nonexempt employees fo Read More
Working with freelancers has become a necessity for many businesses. But bringing someone into your team who doesn’t have a good idea of how your organization operates can present difficulties. You can make things easier by asking the right questions before you start your working relationship: Read More
Do you have problems to solve?

Probably, yes.

But how?

You need a step-by-step “problem solving method”, which will allow you to analyse the problem into its component parts and then to develop a practical plan of action to solve it.

If you don’t have a method, you are forced into a pos Read More
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