Good bosses by typical, static definitions don't exist. Young professionals tend to link Good Boss criteria with traits that have nothing to do with being an effective manager. Therefore, a disconnect appears ...
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When You Should Hire a Temp Worker for Your Business (And When You Shouldn’t)
1. When an entire department is on vacation or during the major holiday season If the salaried employees can't be bothered to be there, why should the temp? Once, I was supposed to cover for two admins ...
People Who Make Our Jobs Harder
So, you see folks, people who make your job harder don’t have good reasons for making it that way. And if they do, you know why up front.
Stupid Geniuses
Dear Readers, You know the drill. Enjoy! Malcolm Gladwell chronicles the evidence of genius in context to career success in Chapters 3 and 4 of Outliers. Citing the work of psychologist Lewis Terman and detailing the life of Chris Langan, Gladwell uses both as examples of how having super brain power has ...
Office Politics Lesson: Power Struggles
People think titles and professional position limit the amounts of power they have within the office. It's a small, short-sighted way of thinking. If you believe having power is about being able to throw your weight around you end up disappointed. Or, if getting what you want despite the best interests of others (or the company) is ...
10,000 Hours Spent Doing Nothing
Dear Readers, Welcome to the next segment of the "You're Not Successful, You're Just Lucky Series." If this is your first time here - Welcome. I'm glad you stopped by. This post will (quickly) explore the second chapter of Malcolm Gladwell's Book, Outliers. Let's get started, shall we? Gladwell opens the chapter discussing the life of William ...
Canadians and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Hello Readers, This post is the first of a series titled, "You're not Succesful, You're Just Lucky." This series is devoted to exploring Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers. Below is a short synopsis and commentary of Chapter One: Malcolm Gladwell begins the chapter, "The Matthew Effect" detailing the processes of ...
Penelope Trunk, Paul Nawrocki and That Wretched Under 40 Set
A while ago, I wrote a post about an email I sent to Ms. Trunk asking her thoughts about a certain sandwich board wearing job seeker. Interestingly enough, Mr. Nawrocki responded. I thought, however, it would also be appropriate to post Mr. Nawrocki's comments in the same fashion: I ...