Successful business leaders are supposed to mentor and encourage their employees. They are meant care about their team’s wellbeing and support them whenever possible. But not all leaders have the best intentions. Research shows the Dark Triad—narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism…
The email looked like many emails. And it was from a fellow worker I had no qualms with.But before I even read the message, I was a little offended. The message itself was innocuous, and simply answered some questions I…
With all apologies to Afred E. Neuman (and I know this dates me!), is there a recession under way at the moment? Is there going to be one in 2023? If so, how deep and how long? These are the…
2023 is right around the corner. As you start thinking about New Year’s Resolutions, consider making workplace productivity a priority. 2022 was riddled with stories of workplace burnout and fatigue. Luckily, we’ve found a few tips to turn that around…
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Reshoring – For some twenty or thirty years there was a consistent lament that manufacturing was abandoning the US. There was a virtual stampede out of the US as manufacturers and others sought lower…
It’s clear that no two leaders are alike, but what makes someone a leader? Or more specifically, how do you build a leader? According to Harvard Business Review, a leader “successfully marshals [their] human collaborators to achieve particular ends.” Whether…
Inflation spikes, delayed supply chains, a hot labor market and a looming recession all continue to hinder the U.S. economy. Job openings made a record monthly decline of 1.1 million in August to 10.1 million, according to U.S. Department of…
As inflation continues to wreak havoc on the global economy, the labor market is showing signs of cooling. According to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), the count of job openings plummeted by 1.1 million vacancies in…
Investopedia names complacency as one of the top six reasons a business fails, and a culture of complacency prevents leadership teams from predicting a downturn and other risks that can harm a business. Signs of workplace complacency include employee disengagement,…
With an excited ‘I-just-got-candy’ look on my face, I slid the paper into the compartment made for either a single page or multiple. Excitedly, I punched some numbers into a keypad on top of the machine. There was a click,…
