Business people who are skating on thin ice now have only a couple weeks go get off it – around a third of the time they had in 2000. "Twenty years ago you had at least six weeks to get your act together," says business modulator Dr. Felicia Wringley of...

Citing a poor performance in May, NorthLogics CEO Moira Cassen put her foot down as of November 10. A company spokesperson says it will remain down until at least the end of the first quarter of 2022. “This is a significant move,” says Norman Wollcott of the Litman Group, which...

Carla Millington was ready to make the big move from Internal Tracking Clerk to Internal Tracking Coordinator. When she aced the third interview, she thought she was home free. But suddenly, everything stopped --- no calls, no emails.  Carla - who's worked for Denver's Allmont-Weems for nearly 20 years -...

Mona Lippman, a process specialist with Tovelman/Moore in Chicago, was injured last week when she was run over by the Curve.  She was the 194th American worker hurt this year - compared to 112 for all of 2015. Staying ahead of the Curve is one of the top four skill...

Fourteen percent of US businesspeople have stopped talking at work since the start of 2019, due to the fear they might say something offensive to another person or group.  Since not talking severely limits one’s ability to interact with colleagues who speak, hundreds of companies have established separate divisions...

Yesterday was Groundhog Day, and official groundhog Punxutawney Phil is not only predicting six more weeks of winter – but the for the first time he’s also forecasting business trends. “I felt it was time to diversify,” he told Bloomberg News. “These days people are looking for more than...

Based on reports that 40 percent of think tank employees who think from home are thinking about things they're not being paid to think about, many outside clients have been terminating their thinking contracts.  To stay in business, some think tanks are changing their focus to include both thinking...

Thomas P. Morton, who became Chief Participation Officer of Milwaukee's Tri-Copson Press only last July, resigned this week when it was discovered he had falsified information on his resume. According to the company, he had listed the terms “self starter,” “consensus builder” and “go-to person” as being among his key...

We asked random passersby in Downtown Detroit to explain the difference between “Core Competencies” and “Skill Sets.” The information might come in handy if you’re ever asked the same.

When you screw up big time at Laffoon and Sons, you won't merely be whispered about and shunned during the company's mandatory volleyball games. You'll also spend some time standing in the hallway - facing the wall and wearing a dunce cap. “Too many mistakes were costing us too many millions,”...

After working in tandem since 1659, the Movers and the Shakers announced this week that their partnership will dissolve effective December 31. While the split is amicable, the concern is how it will   impact US business – especially during these uncertain economic times. “I fear there will be even...

The Nevergo consortium of St. Louis notified its 1300 employees this week that it is no longer sufficient to give 110 percent. New requirements – which increase expectations to as much as 113.2 percent depending on how long the employee has worked at the company – were introduced. “With other...