While many look forward to the new year, there is at least one item from 2008 that merits attention. It may be the year that the end of company retirement plan support begins. It all started with companies eliminating pensions, of course. That part is old news. The new news is that more and more… Continue Reading
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What I Learned From Scot Herrick About Communicating ‘Bad News’
This post is shared by Andrew Rondeau, of Great Management, as part of the Great and Successful People interviews — thanks Andrew! —————— Why is it difficult to communicate ‘bad news’? And when I say ‘bad news’ I mean in the context of ‘things not going to plan’. We have all been in the position… Continue Reading
New Years Resolutions and Birthday Goals
Sitting here on New Years Eve, I am again struck at the tremendous number of posts out there that tell you how to keep your resolutions this new year and how so many of them won’t be kept — most not even for ten days. I’ve never been a big fan of New Years resolutions…. Continue Reading
Laid Off — an update
Just an update to my Laid Off — a new journey begins week. After both my wife and I were laid off, my brother-in-law (who lives with us in the “brother-in-law” unit of our house) experienced his own life-changing moment. In the words of my wife, Kate: Ok, so as most of you know, I… Continue Reading
Cubicle Warrior E-mail Tip: Schedule your e-mail reading
We all need to manage our e-mail and I’ve been writing about it a lot this week. As I noted in Cubicle Warrior E-mail: Reduce your Quantity, I had noted that I had a few distribution lists that I needed to be removed from. I went into work and asked to be removed from the… Continue Reading
Happy New Year — 2007
Happy New Year, everyone. Here’s to hoping your 2007 is everything you want. Nothing, of course, is as easy as that. There’s those new year resolutions that we need to keep. The world continues to get smaller and smaller. Globalization effects us all. But, without problems, there’s no profits. No career development and no growth… Continue Reading
9 Career Resolutions for 2009
It’s the New Year and everyone in the world is creating New Year’s Resolutions. Cube Rules is no different! Here are nine Cube Rules 2009 Career Resolutions for all Cubicle Warriors: Prepare for a Layoff Let’s be clear: most people working will not get laid off in 2009. But it will seem like everyone will… Continue Reading