July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month, and I think there are a lot of people who can’t wait for the month to be over. They are only outnumbered by the folks who didn’t know July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month along with those who just don’t care. Call me a curmudgeon, but I […]
In sports, talented athletes look forward to the day they become free agents. They can then shop their services around to the highest bidder or look for the best “working” environment. A certain basketball player named Lebron James—maybe you’ve heard of him—is doing this right now. Aren’t freelancers in many ways the business world equivalent […]
You know the scenario: get to office early, do more than anyone can imagine, and hopefully have a life for the rest of the day. How, then, do you become a workaholic so that you can get up to par with all the other workaholics in business? Emulation is the name of the game! Take […]
Quelle horreur! French labor unions and corporate leaders recently took steps to strictly limit after-hours emails. The deal would give workers 11 hours of guaranteed freedom from business emails. The idea wasn’t popular with everyone in France, especially many young businesspeople who are trying to get startups off the ground. Right now, if approved by […]
Work-life balance is a conundrum. I fear we will be arguing if balance between our personal and professional lives can be attained until the end of time. Every now-and-then it pops up as a focal point: Marissa Mayer issues a new policy at Yahoo! stating that employees can no longer work from home; the Harvard […]