Individuals born in or after the mid-1980s are known as “millennials.” How to manage millennials in the workplace presents a challenge to the...
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Workplace Insights – To Hug or Not to Hug?
Hugging in the workplace? This is an issue I dealt with when I worked in large corporations. All it takes is one, often innocent, hugger who can...
Workplace Insights – Feedback: The Lost Art
Managers often complain that today’s employees are not self-motivated. My observation is that managers are often not fulfilling their roles as...
Workplace Insights – Avoiding Burnout
One of the most challenging issues of our contemporary workplace is avoiding employee “burnout.” This occurs when employees are in overload, for...
Workplace Insights – Trusted Advisor
As labor and employment counsel we have become a trusted advisor to many of our clients. Our firm is often asked to assist clients in areas related...
Workplace Insights: Personal Reflections
As we approach the 12th anniversary of the founding of our Firm, it is a perfect time to reflect on our mission and how we have evolved to meet the...
Ethical Conduct is Good Business
Smart businesses recognize the value of managing their operations in an ethical manner. While we all have an inner guide that steers us, you can’t rely on everyone’s trust to maintain high ethical standards when it comes to business.
Workplace Insights: Give the Baby Boomers a Chance
Baby Boomers is the name of the generation born between 1946 and 1964. One of my pet peeves, as a proud member of the “baby boomer” generation, is...
Workplace Insights – The Value of a Mission Statement
Many organizations, big and small, often lose track of their original purpose and mission. And they don’t realize how important it is to keep the...
Wanted: Generation Y
SEPTEMBER 2008 Employee loyalty has been on the decline due to the job market dwindling, benefit reductions, and opportunities for promotions...