Q) The theme song from “The Beverly Hillbillies” has been running through my head for ten days. I can’t make it go away. I try thinking of other songs like “Disco Inferno,” but the Hillbillies keep coming back. I can’t even concentrate when I’m supposed to be brainstorming. I'm...

With Americans preparing to file their federal income taxes, the watchdog group The WatchDog Group has issued its annual reminder about things the Internal Revenue Service CAN and CANNOT do in the event a return is called into question: It CAN move up to three auditors into your home...

Patrick Waterston, CEO of PlumRankTwelve, resigned on Monday following an offensive tweet that was shared over 280 million times.  At 10:12 AM he tweeted a congratulatory message to the rotation-based company’s 1200 employees: @PWatersPlum:  Hats off to everyone at PlumRankTwelve for exceeding parameters 189 quarters in a row.  You did...

Business people who claim they don’t have time to breathe can catch up at the new Detroit Breathing Room. The 1400 square foot downtown space – formerly a craft glazed sauce eatery – opened last week and there’s already a seven-month waiting list. “Being unable to breathe can be detrimental...

While they’re often a nuisance and frequently have to be dealt with, most US business executives concede that workplace rumors are essential to maintaining an acceptable level of employee morale. “People want to focus on something besides spreadsheets and timelines,” says business behaviorist Mona Levine of the Pisting Institute. “They’re...

Q) As I understand the concept of “Fan Clubs,” people start them for those they admire a lot –  singers like Patti Page, or comedians like Shecky Greene. Bearing this concept in mind, and since I greatly admire my boss, who rose from the ranks of Accounting Coordinator Level...

In today's competitive business world, multi-tasking and walking fast at the same time is the key to looking busy, and practice is essential.

In May, June Alberts took the mandatory Heimlich Maneuver training at Wixom, Michigan's Whitman Structural. Now she's out of a job. According to Whitman HR spokesperson Sara Spilkins, Alberts was released Tuesday following multiple performances of the maneuver on her co-workers. The problem: None of these workers were choking. On 12...

To avoid paying expensive severance packages to terminated employees, HR departments have long utilized the strategy of writing on their office or cubicle walls to get them to resign on their own - thus avoiding expensive severance packages and potential lawsuits.   When they quit, of course, the employees tell people...

Great things can happen to your career when the CEO thinks your name is Piedmont. You just need to learn about ergonomics...

Three weeks ago, insurance actuary Anita Mizon, who had died in 2015 of digestive issues, emerged from her grave and began wandering, disheveled and blank-eyed, through Altmoor, Pennsylvania. “At first nobody thought much of it,” says resident Sally Hilford. “Ever since the pandemic, nothing really surprises you.” Within two days, however,...

Sears/Wills, the international travel aggregator, achieved a 1598 percent increase in its employee satisfaction score this year by making one simple change to its annual anonymous attitude survey: Employees are now required to provide their signatures when submitting. “Everything is still anonymous,” says Myrna Pillings, the company’s    VP of...