Monday Morning Manager Harvey Schachter's guide on how to handle everything from overflowing e-mail to meeting overload
Harvey Schachter (Monday, December 18, 2006)
Main item: Striking a strategic balanceIn the competing priorities facing managers, three tensions stand out, notable not only for their bottom-line importance but also because progress on one front seems to come at the expense of progress on another. In Harvard Business Review, consultants Dominic Dodd and Ken Favaro urge you to avoid lurching from one side of a tension to the other, as is common, and instead seek a balance:
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By Norman Grosman,
Senior Partner
Grosman, Grosman & Gale
Employment Lawyers
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Adverse Effect Discrimination
Norman Grosman (November 27, 2006)
My employer recently decided to close down the division in which I work. As a result of my religious beliefs, I had a particularly flexible and accommodating work schedule. Do you think I have a human rights case for what is sometimes called adverse effect discrimination?
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Business tomes: read 'em and reap
Janis Foord Kirk (December 11, 2006)
If you're searching for a small, thoughtful gift for someone on your shopping list this season, don't forget to check out the business or career sections of your local bookstore.
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By Mark Swartz
Author of "Get Wired, You're Hired" |
Strategies for Giving Holiday Gifts at Work
Mark Swartz (December 12, 2006)
Dear Mark: My co-worker spent a fortune this season on presents for people at work. Now I’m worried she'll have an advantage. How do I compete?
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 By Bob Rosner
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Dealing with someone you think is lying
Bob Rosner (December 12, 2006)
DEAR WW: I've never caught my co-worker in a lie. But my gut says that he is seriously truth-challenged. Is there anything that I can do to ensure that he's telling me the truth?
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