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What can managers do when love blossoms between employees?
Ryan Clark Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementFollowing the recent announcement that MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski found love in their on-air contentious relationship and are now engaged, the topic of office romance is fresh in everyone's minds. Unfortunately — as anyone who has been involved in such a relationship can attest — once the novelty wears off, things can actually get pretty crazy.
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Sound-producing tattoos? A new company is making it happen
Damon Sayles Science & TechnologyTattoos are a popular way for many to express themselves and to make a lasting impression by way of permanent ink. A 2016 report by The Harris Poll said roughly 3 in 10 American adults (18 years and older) have at least one tattoo — and of those inked, nearly 7 in 10 have multiple tattoos.
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Stop doing that: How to take job duties away from an employee
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhich is more difficult: taking work away from an employee or giving her additional work? For any manager who has tried to reallocate responsibilities among staff, it is clear that taking away work can be just as difficult as adding it. Here are three reasons employees may want to keep their responsibilities and when and how to take them away.
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How to how to hire the right coach for your business
Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementYour organization likely invests significant resources in training your staff members. But learning something new does not mean the person has mastered it, and that is where coaching comes in. Coaching moves an individual from knowing what to do to consistently executing at a level of mastery. Coaching has produced some impressive results for companies and organizations of all sizes.
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FIFA: This new law may affect businesses nationwide
Danielle Manley Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementApproximately 34 percent of the U.S. workforce — or 53 million Americans — earn a living working as freelancers, according to the "Freelancing in America: A National Survey of the New Workforce" report. Despite this huge number, freelance workers are still not protected by law, causing many to go unpaid or not paid in full for the work performed.
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20 famous quotes to help inspire leaders
Damon Sayles Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementLeadership can be defined with so many phrases, in so many stanzas, by so many people, well-known or unknown. Their words can tug on the strings of so many individuals simply looking to be great at what they do in life.
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How and why to embrace vulnerability
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhy would you want to be vulnerable at work? As a woman, it is certainly not an approach I would have ever embraced — at least not openly in the office. But for skeptics like me, there are benefits to understanding why and how to embrace vulnerability, even at work.
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Addressing risk with VUCA-Prime
Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementMany risk practitioners have heard of VUCA as a way of describing an environment which gives rise to risk. VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. It was first developed in the 1990s by the U.S. Army War College, but it has become widely used in business as a way of characterizing the risky environment in which organisations operate.
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Why can’t we wear shorts to work?
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementHow are strappy heels OK but sandals are not? Unless employers require uniforms, dress codes will always be open to discussion. And nothing brings out the best discussions like warm weather. While I will sometimes concede that men may have a more challenging time with dressing for higher temperatures than women, here are a few ways to roll out a fair summer update to the dress code.
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White-collar exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementExecutives, administrative employees, professionals and outside salespeople are generally referred to in the wage and hour world as white-collar employees. Employees in these categories, who meet certain criteria, can be treated as being exempt from the minimum-wage, overtime and timekeeping provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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