Are employees a cause of bad management?
Opinion
Managing

Are employees a cause of bad management?

The massive volume of research on reasons why employees hate their job points a united finger toward one direction as the culprit. Their manager.

  • byJames Adonis

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Is it delegation? Or is it laziness?
Opinion
Managing

Is it delegation? Or is it laziness?

Leaders may think they are empowering when in reality they’re disengaging.

  • byJames Adonis
Managing from home:a COVID-19 wake-up call
Opinion
Start-ups

Managing from home:a COVID-19 wake-up call

Much has been said about working from home but not as much focus has been placed on managing from home.

  • byJames Adonis
Thinking of hiring a former employee? Think again
Opinion
Managing

Thinking of hiring a former employee? Think again

The perceived benefits of boomerang employees are imaginary.

  • byJames Adonis
Politicians as board directors:worth the cost?

Politicians as board directors:worth the cost?

Politicians of all stripes have done it and continue to do it.

  • byJames Adonis
Do you have email-triggered anxiety?

Do you have email-triggered anxiety?

Once upon a time,it was possible to leave work at work.

  • byJames Adonis
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So you were insulted at work

So you were insulted at work

Insults at work can be confronting,like a rebuke in the presence of colleagues or a humiliating put-down for no reason at all.

  • byJames Adonis
Do you care what others think of you?
Opinion
Start-ups

Do you care what others think of you?

“It doesn’t matter what other people think of you” is a typical refrain used to make someone feel better.

  • byJames Adonis
Is there anything as important as profit?

Is there anything as important as profit?

Of all the factors critical to business performance,few are as critical as profit.

  • byJames Adonis
So,you were insulted at work
Opinion
Start-ups

So,you were insulted at work

Insults at work can be confronting,like a rebuke in the presence of colleagues or a humiliating put-down for no reason at all.

  • byJames Adonis
The illusion of control in committee meetings
Opinion
Start-ups

The illusion of control in committee meetings

There aren’t many invitations to a meeting at work that make people squirm more than those with “committee” in the subject line.

  • byJames Adonis