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How to find the ‘Star Performer’ in every employee

  • start performer
  • April 2, 2012
Every startup and every big business wishes that all their employees were star performers, but wishing doesn’t make it happen. Some coaches...
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Facebook and Google score high on Glassdoor's 2012 Top Workplace List

  • best workplace
  • December 14, 2011
If you ask just about any Gen-Y techy-type to name their dream job, there's a good chance that Facebook and Google would be high on the list....
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Are your meetings the ones no one wants to attend?

Another meeting? Are you KIDDING? We just LEFT one meeting and now we’re going to another? Do people dread your meetings? Meetings certainly...
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Ten ways to prepare now for a startup or any job

These days I see a surge of new startups as we fight our way out of the recession. If you are not starting one yourself, the next best thing is...
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How to find a job at the right startup for you

  • right startup
  • April 4, 2011
For those of you who want to get in on the ground floor of a new venture, but haven’t yet worked up the nerve to start your own, begin with a...
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There are many R’s to motivation in a startup

One of the keys to maximizing the productivity of your team, as well as yourself, is motivation. It has been estimated that the average team member...
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Halo and horn: Anna’s story

  • work
  • January 19, 2011
Not long ago, this column examined reasoning fallacies. One of those fallacies is reliance on the “halo effect.” The effect isn’t...
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Eight questions every startup hopes you won’t ask

  • questions to a startup
  • December 19, 2010
If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions...
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Resumes: A new job search, a new resume

Tim lost his job nearly a year ago. He then paid to have an expert create a new, beautiful parchment resume for him and he sent copies of that...
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Armed restaurant worker stops a pair of robbers

A restaurant employee reportedly used his gun to stop two robbers.Police say that a pair of men entered the Peking Restaurant in Brideport, CT,...
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