An accident damaged my hearing and mobility. How can I keep potential clients from writing me off?
Workplace advice: How do I handle it if I say what happened and they pity me?
When a small conflict grows into an all-consuming workplace spat
Small things can become huge problems when allowed to fester. Managers can’t afford to sit on the sidelines while that happens.
Not sure why your employees are quitting? Ask these questions.
Workplace advice: Exit interviews are one way of figuring out whether employees are really leaving for stellar opportunities elsewhere, or if there are other dynamics at work.
A fired employee can’t seem to let go of her resentments
Workplace advice: Was she blindsided by her termination, or does she need to right a wrong?
Retailer must protect employee sexually harassed repeatedly by customer
A female employee won a $250,000 verdict when a jury decided that a retailer didn’t sufficiently protect her from a customer who repeatedly harassed her.
Our CEO wants to review all external communications to stamp out dissent. Can he do that?
Workplace advice: Employees have the right to voice their thoughts on working conditions. That said, employment at will gives employers the right to fire an individual for any or no reason.
Our company has a zero-tolerance policy for drug use. Should we fire employees for smoking marijuana on the weekends?
Workplace advice: The chemical traces of THC can remain in the body for weeks. Not only do increasing numbers of good employees occasionally use cannabis, but employees may test positive and not be impaired.
Employer must act when employee directs bigoted comments at coworker
Apologize to the victim for the disrespect she’s experienced in your company and then investigate the statements the aggressor has made.
Are you a bully magnet? Why some get targeted and others don’t.
Bullies operate with risk/benefit radar, zeroing in on individuals they consider easy prey.
Shunned by employers because you’re ‘overqualified’? Sharpen your cover letter.
When you or any other applicant has a job history that scares off a prospective employer, you need to proactively address the issue in your cover letter.
How not to hire a narcissist
Workplace advice: Narcissists see the world through a lens of “me,” yet easily land new jobs and then rapidly rise through organizational ranks because they excel at selling themselves.
Taking down a character assassin in the workplace
Workplace advice: You need to learn to avoid the traps they set, how they operate and what you can do to fight back and win.