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  Ten Things Everybody Does At Work -- But Nobody Will Admit

  MotivationBest PracticesBusiness Intelligence Perspectives

  Business ManagementBusiness Process ManagementProductivityStandardsTeam WorkTime ManagementJob TrendsEmployee RetentionBusiness IntelligenceLeadership, CareerLifestyle

  Dear Liz, I manage a team of six people. We hit our goals and my boss "Arnie" is happy with my performance and my team's results. However, I have problems with my fellow managers. They say I have a "sloppy" management style and that I'm not professional. They say my leadership style creates problems for them because their employees aren't allowed to "get away" with the things I let my employees do. For instance...

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  The Moment I Realized I Was Working For An Idiot

  Business Intelligence PerspectivesBest PracticesMotivation

  Job TrendsHiringEmployee RetentionLifestyleLeadership, CareerBusiness Intelligence

  Dear Liz, I started my current job in January 2017. I'm a regional sales executive for an enterprise software firm. My original boss "Eliza" got promoted around my six-month anniversary. They hired a new manager for our department. My new manager "Philip" told us flat out at our first staff meeting that he is...

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  Brick-And-Mortar Retail Isn't Dead: Just Look At Who's Moving Into Empty Toys 'R' Us Stores

  Job TrendsRetailSales/Marketing

  Toys "R" Us, which closed the last batch of its U.S. stores just over a week ago, has left behind not only nostalgia but also hundreds of empty stores across the country. Still, if you thought this paints a gloomy picture of brick-and-mortar retail, you'd be mistaken. As much as consumers mourn the death of Toys "R" Us...

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  Here's Exactly How Much Paychecks Changed After Tax Reform For People At Every Income Level From $20,000 To $269,000 A Year

  GovernmentJob TrendsCompensation, Benefits

  IRSLifestyleLeadership, Career

  The new tax law, which changed the 2018 tax brackets, went into effect at the start of this year. By February, many Americans began to notice a bump in their take-home pay because of the law. The IRS released new guidelines in January, known as tax-withholding tables, that help employers calculate how much to take out of employees' paychecks in taxes, Business Insider's Bob Bryan reported. That amount is paid to the IRS in the employee's name. At the end of the year...

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  15 Ways To Make People Respect You Immediately

  StandardsBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesBest Practices

  Job TrendsLifestyleLeadership, CareerBusiness Intelligence

  There's a difference between being liked and being respected. Ideally, you'll be both. But according to Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job," being respected is at least partly about...

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  The 1 Email You Should Never Ever Write (Or, If You Do, Don't Send It)

  Writing SkillsBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesBest Practices

  EmailingJob TrendsLeadership, CareerBusiness Intelligence

  Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. It's still happening. I thought people were over this by now. I thought they'd realized that it represented everything wrong about communication. It appears not. Which is odd, because...

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  Bill Gates Reveals His 6 Favorite Books He Read In The Past Year

  Best PracticesLifestyle

  Bill Gates reads about 50 books a year, but only a few make his annual list of favorites. For several years, the Microsoft founder has chosen five titles he enjoyed over the past year and published reviews of them on his Gates Notes blog. Here are his recommendations...

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  From Cocktail Requests To Naps: The 10 Worst Job-Interview Performances

  Best PracticesJob TrendsHuman Resources

  HR ManagementHiringLifestyle

  With half of employers making their minds up about candidates within the first five minutes of the interview, both parties know how important it is to make a good first impression. Nevertheless, there are countless mistakes job candidates make in their interviews, both common and downright strange. A recent survey from CareerBuilder asked...

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  Workers Gone Wild: 7 Outrageous Cases Of Employee Fraud

  Best PracticesJob TrendsEmployee Retention

  Financial strategyFinancial ReportingFinanceLawBusiness Intelligence

  For some rogue staffers, lifting office supplies or seeking reimbursement on a few minor "non-business related" charges is mere child's play. Here are seven of the most over-the-top examples that we could find of in-house theft and employee fraud...

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  Retirement Account Or Bank Account? Employees Cash Out 401(k)s In Record Numbers

  StandardsBest PracticesRecord Keeping

  Job TrendsCompensation, BenefitsIRSFinancial strategyFinancial ReportingFinanceLeadership, Career

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that today's mobile workforce is changing jobs nearly a dozen times. For 35- to 44-year-olds, a little over a third take jobs that last less than a year. It doesn't allow for a lot of time to sock away money in a 401(k) account and as a result, many workers are cashing out what little they have. It's a serious problem because too often people don't realize...