The fifth officially sanctioned fruit-based corporate expression will be inaugurated on December 1, after a two year development process by the additions committee of the US Bureau of Sayings and Bromides. “Just another pomegranate” will join “Turning lemons into lemonade”(1972),  “Comparing apples to apples” (1987), “Comparing apples to oranges” (1996)...

Being an effective micro-manager is an ongoing challenge. Continually fine-tuning one's skills is essential in order to keep up with the six million US managers who advance to micro-management every year. From the US Association of Micro-Management, here are six tips for keeping skills sharp: The micro-managing standard of asking...

To protect young Corporate Americans from serious injury, the Business Expression Institute has just published Feet to the Fire!– a listing of 1355 business clichés that could prove harmful if taken literally. “Young up and comers haven't been exposed to cliches,” says BEI spokesperson Paula Solomon. "So if the boss...

 With 98 percent of all corporate conferences now requiring attendees to check their egos at the door, a Chicago hotel and conference center will become the first in the USA to charge for the service. “Quite simply, we could no longer absorb the cost of checking so many egos, keeping...

The word “grab” has become the second most popular word in business today, after “Exemplify.” It is employed by up and comers who wish to appear so busy they only have time to grab things:  “Let me grab my laptop!” for instance, instead of “Let me go back to...

When you tell a vendor “I need it yesterday,” it means you need it as soon as possible. It has traditionally been considered one step above, “ASAP” and two above “Pronto!” Now you can actually get it yesterday. Thanks to what it refers to as “advanced technology," bolt maker Persippio...

These are the top ten signs you may soon be getting fired, according to a recent report compiled by the American Termination Institute of Dover, Delaware 1) Your boss tells you that you are without a doubt the most incompetent person she has ever worked with and that she would...

When the boss is hammering you with questions, there are exactly five things you can say to get off the hotseat. Watch as these three hotseat veterans deftly work in all five - and in under 90 seconds, real time!

Facing the need to save costs following two years of losses, Tulsa platform manufacturers Remson-Morton ordered the layoffs of 18 of the company’s 424 employees last week. Those impacted held varying jobs, with salaries ranging from minimum wage to the mid six-figures. The one thing they had in common...

In this age of corporate competitiveness, 93 percent of up and comers are continually seeking new and innovative ways to get noticed by the boss. While memorizing mission statements and stepping outside of comfort zones were popular in the early 2010s, more US workers are turning to the “yank the...

Detroit’s 141st farm-to-table restaurant, Corktown Pipsie’s, was stripped of its accreditation this week when it was discovered that its delivery driver, after leaving the farm, was stopping at a nearby bar before proceeding to the restaurant. “Some of these stops were for over two hours,” says Gina Rapsish, Vice President...

Since the beginning of January, 30,233 US business people have been injured taking the bull by the horns - an improvement over 2022, when over 60,000 were injured out of a total of 3.65 million who took the bull by the horns "Companies are finding it harder to hire and...