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Your employee retention plan will fail

Retention plans are the concern for companies now that the recession is "over." Employers are now concerned about retaining their employees. Especially their most talented employees. Implied in all of this is that company management severely mistreated employees ...

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When buzzwords take over your company

Half of working in any profession is learning the language of the profession. But corporations are starting to replace the actions associated with the language with just the language. We've become a company of buzzwords where corporate speak is substituted for corporate actions. If you don't know ...

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The top 3 phrases great bosses love to hear

Great bosses are a pleasure to work with as an employee. There isn't much management by intimidation or fear, but instead a collaborative and focused push to reach the business goals. Great bosses are also different from ones that aren't so great. Lousy bosses blame employees, don't ...

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Is your boss younger than you?

Bosses younger than their employees are not liked by almost 30% of the workforce. Seriously. I don't get why they don't like reporting to someone younger than they are -- didn't we get past looking up to our parents a long time ago? Or, for baby boomers, not trusting ...

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How to work around incompetent managers

Conference room by Mzinga Marketing There are a group of managers out there that simply do not understand their jobs or the business they are managing (employees too, but that's a different blog post...). These are the managers that do ...

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Is HR Dead?

In the span of my career, so far, I've always had this ambivalent attitude towards the people that work in HR departments. Not their professionalism, though some didn't have much of it (and neither do some people in every department in a company...). Not their work ethic as many worked long hours. Not their ability ...

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Office politics will eat management strategy for breakfast

Breakfast at Fayze's by pehedges Ah, yes -- strategy. It is what management does to determine the next direction for the team (or company) and is a way to out-flank the competition. Management strategy is the fun part ...

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How to deal with workplace conflict

Je t'accuse by davidsidlinger Whenever teams are formed, they go through stages of effectiveness -- including storming. Conflict brews, disagreements are aired and it honestly looks like the whole team will fall apart. It could, too, ...

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The right 3-point management communication plan for this year

Business Suits by Subspace The end of the year is a great time for pomp and circumstance -- especially when it comes to corporate messaging about the company performance. You get rah-rah speeches full of corporate speak. Given last year's performance, ...

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5 ways to manage better without cheap recognition tricks

Reg 220 after the rapture by quinn.anya When you lay off millions of workers, management does it to save money and to try and maintain profitability. Too often, however, the amount of work stays ...

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