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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
Government Job Trends Compensation, Benefits
IRS Lifestyle Leadership, 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...
15 Ways To Make People Respect You Immediately
Standards Business Intelligence Perspectives Best Practices
Job Trends Lifestyle Leadership, Career Business 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...
Millennials Are Killing Countless Industries - But The Fed Says It's Mostly Just Because They're Poor
Lifestyle Finance
Millennials have been blamed for killing plenty of industries. But according to a Federal Reserve study, it's not their fault. "Millennials, long presumed to have less interest in the nonstop consumption of goods that underpins the American economy, might not be that different after all, a new study...

The 1 Email You Should Never Ever Write (Or, If You Do, Don't Send It)
Writing Skills Business Intelligence Perspectives Best Practices
Emailing Job Trends Leadership, Career Business 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...
How Do You Become A Great Salesperson? (Most People Forget To Do This 1 Thing)
Business Intelligence Leadership, Career Job Trends
Best Practices Business Intelligence Perspectives Standards Sales/Marketing
Dale Carnegie framed it best: to become a great salesperson, you have to remember that people want to do business with people they like and respect. At the end of the day, while you may be selling to a customer, what you're really doing is looking to earn their trust. As Carnegie said, it's about learning how to "win friends and influence people." Most people in sales forget that...
The 5 Types Of Bullies Adults Face (And How To Stop Them)
Lifestyle Job Trends Team Work
When my daughter was in first grade, she came home complaining about a girl who bullied her. I went to the teacher and explained and asked that she keep an eye on the situation. A few days later, the teacher reported that my daughter was mistaken--there was no bad behavior. Upon further questioning...

Brick-And-Mortar Retail Isn't Dead: Just Look At Who's Moving Into Empty Toys 'R' Us Stores
Job Trends Retail Sales/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...
Ten Things Everybody Does At Work -- But Nobody Will Admit
Motivation Best Practices Business Intelligence Perspectives
Business Management Business Process Management Productivity Standards Team Work Time Management Job Trends Employee Retention Business Intelligence Leadership, Career Lifestyle
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...
The Moment I Realized I Was Working For An Idiot
Business Intelligence Perspectives Best Practices Motivation
Job Trends Hiring Employee Retention Lifestyle Leadership, Career Business 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...

Bill Gates Reveals His 6 Favorite Books He Read In The Past Year
Best Practices Lifestyle
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...