Surviving Cold and Flu Season in the Workplace

You know that sinking feeling. It starts a little after a coworker arrives at your desk with a wadded Kleenex in hand, hacks once or twice and says, “Ere’s dat repord you wanned” while handing you document loaded with viruses. As you accept the report your eyes begin...

The Value of Evaluations

A recent article in the New York Times (“Time to Review Workplace Reviews?” by Tara Parker-Pope, May 17, 2010) raises interesting questions about the value of evaluations in the workplace, and their impact on employees. Citing recent surveys showing an increase in...

E-Learning

Training seminar. With those two words, are you automatically picturing a stuffy classroom or roomy meeting room, full of adult learners gazing wearily at a PowerPoint while someone in a suit at the front of the room tries to toggle her slides and succeeds only in...