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Apathy can spread slowly in any company like a web. Entangling more and more people until a more passionate competitor eats the company alive. Picture a CEO of a troubled company staring blankly out his window wondering why nobody in his compan... More...

A toxic work environment is one where negative and destructive behavior occurs routinely and as a result, the atmosphere and the people in it are poisoned. It is an environment where manipulation, politics and ego are key drivers. Toxic workplaces be... More...

American culture’s central tenet through the modern years has often been defined as self-admiration. Taken too far, self-admiration has demonstrated a distinct downside and all the negative effects that can flow from it are more commonly known as exc... More...

Henry Ford once said that too much friendship in the workplace is a bad thing. A few years ago, a Conference Board survey found that 87 percent of North Americans didn't like their jobs. Now, a more recent survey reveals that only 45 percent of Ameri... More...

As a manager, it is your job to avoid giving in to the pessimism. Your job is to help create a vision that better times are a possibility. I'll grant that it's not easy, and may not always be realistic, but that's what you're getting paid to do. So s... More...

Is That Cupid Hiding Behind That Cubicle? Dealing with Workplace Romances Valentine’s Day can make an HR person’s heart flutter with thoughts of candy, Cupid, and cookies. Or, maybe that’s a misdiagnosis. Perhaps it’s not a fluttering heart but ... More...

The Vancouver Winter Olympics are in full swing this week, and on a personal note the people in life I admire the most are women athletes. Olympians train for many years to achieve top performance in their sport, and to me, they exude a dynamic, winn... More...

A recent government study shows that employers and employees have been underreporting workplace injuries. The study found that workers underreport injuries for fear of losing their jobs or for being disciplined. Mandatory drug testing has also been... More...

Earlier this year, we heard of the Yale University student whose strangled body was found in the university lab where she conducted research, and that her co-worker was subsequently charged with murder. Then recently, a workplace shooting took pl... More...

Think democracy means heading to the polls to vote for the next political leader? Companies all around the world, from Mexico to Malaysia, are showing that democracy exists in the workplace, and making a good business case for why it works. On Ap... More...

Note: “The elephant in the living room” is a common metaphor for situations in which people refuse to confront or even acknowledge a major issue even though everyone knows about it and it is causing serious problems. Individuals who are faced with... More...

Xiang Dong Yu, a former engineer with Ford Motors, has been charged with stealing trade secrets from the automaker. He was arrested on October 14 at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago when he arrived from China on a visit. He had accepted a... More...

The heading ofthis article may appear little dramatic but the facts and figures arenot because 24 suicides and more than 13 attempted cases by FranceTelecom employees have been reported since beginning of 2008.(1) According to a study by The Work ... More...

With the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology now reporting that the H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) may infect half the U.S. population, hospitalize 1.8 million patients, and lead to as many as 90,000 deaths this year, it’s hard not to be ... More...

Is your organization one for whom “business as usual” no longer works? Whether that result is precipitated by fewer customers, budget cutbacks, employee layoffs and/or furloughs, or some other unplanned change, the point is that you find yourself hav... More...

More than ever before, occupational health and safety has become a major priority in almost every workplace. It has become the mantra for many government-advertising campaigns that “every employee has the right to return home safely” and how “ it is ... More...

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