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5 Common Mistakes Made Managing Your Employees

Lessons Learned Managing Your Employees If you have been managing people for a while, you probably feel pretty comfortable with the manager hat on. You’ve given more than a few good and bad performance reviews, you’ve managed those tough money conversations, and heck you even handled a sexual harassment complaint last year! OK well, HR and legal were involved but still… [...]

December 5, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Weight & Work: There is No Magic Pill for Either

by Ray_anne

there is no magic pill for work or weight loss

The Change I can see Menopause staring me down and no one ever wants to talk about it. Oh, a few talk show hosts have made feeble attempts at breaking down the walls and getting women and their families to discuss it. But I find it completely fascinating that is still treated like a dirty [...]

March 19, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

“There’s No Crying” Leadership – The Phoenix Infection, part 9

by Ray_anne

Teams don’t always play well, nor do they always win. Winning or not winning, poor or unfair play just comes with the territory of being on a team, be it sports or departmental or even within a family. Having a common goal and divided responsibilities in order to reach that goal, because it would be impossible to [...]