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A Nuclear Horror Story of Poor Management
I just finished reading a horror story, made all the worse because it is a true story involving failure to protect nuclear weapons secrets, lost management—and indirectly, me.The story is told in a new...
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Workplace Bullies May Become Employers' Legal Problems
After all the U.S. media focus on schoolyard bullies in recent years, I'm glad to see a growing awareness of what those playground pugilists may grow up to be: abusive bosses. Prof. David Yamada and a...
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Lawsuits Rise, so Listening Needs to
Two studies on lawsuits against businesses caught my eye recently. For one, business researchers used public records to determine how many lawsuits were filed against companies before and after mergers...
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Why an Ex-Criminal May be Your Best Hire
If you would like to have a hard-working, loyal team member, consider hiring an ex-criminal. At the very least, it may keep you out of trouble.No, I'm not joking on either count. We'll start with the...
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A Court's Horse Sense about Employer Equipment
In another example of people relearning a well-established truth the hard way, plaintiffs in a U.S. Supreme Court case this week found out they could not use their work pagers for "sexting." More to...
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Fair Practices for Best Appraisals
I once shocked a manager by telling her I thought she had rated me too highly in an annual performance review. I don't recall the details anymore, just the stunned look on her face. Some mistake I had...
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Is Saying What You Want to Worth Your Career?
The confluence of a recent news story and journal article has demonstrated a reason beyond morality or ethics or law for protecting the protected classes as a manager. If for no other reason, do it to...
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Avoiding the Mistakes of Memory
Okay, this is embarrassing. I read halfway through a study intending to blog on it, finding it interesting but also trying to recall a similar study it reminded me of. Suspicions grew. I checked Teams...
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Office Bullies Survive through Political Skills
Up to a third of American workers have been bullied on the job. Half have witnessed bullying, so that third isn’t just a matter of the victims’ perceptions. Besides being morally repugnant, bullying...
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