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,”...

In March, Maria's boss told her to wait in front of the building so they could walk together to a meeting.  The boss then forgot, but Maria still waited all day.

This is what can happen when the big boss says hello...

According to industry publications CloudWatch, CloudReally, CloudEleanor and People, these five companies focusing on the cloud are positioned to achieve high levels of success over the next two years: Kick/Peet: Founded in 2018, Kick/Peet’s mission is to provide clients with at least six insightful methods of examining and re-examining the...

Q) I run a large car company. My technology people keep coming up with new ways to keep track of everything drivers do in their cars. Now the cars are even communicating directly with their drivers, just like people! For a while this was good for sales, but buyers...

After having served in her position for nearly 4,000 years, Mother Nature announced she will retire on December 31. Effective in 2027, The Workington Group/Spokane - which runs businesses ranging from nougat processors to toothbrush clip makers - will assume responsibility for wind, fire, and rain. It is still...

The North Pole announced Friday that Federal Express will take over Christmas Eve gift delivery starting in 2017. “We understand about Santa Claus, the tradition and all that,” says North Pole spokesperson Caitlyn Gingley, “But we also owe our shareholders a solid return on their investments.”  North Pole stock shares...

Norman Williston, a file clerk at Palmeri Marketing in Columbus Ohio, asks the same question every time he passes someone in the hallway: “Working hard…or hardly working?” He’s been asking it ever since he was hired in 2021 – numerous times every day to dozens of the company’s 350...

A serious expression is imperative to appearing busy and valuable, and to being taken seriously. Non-seriousness implies a lack of concern, an absence of worrying, and a false sense of job security.

Despite efforts to promote open door policies, and make it clear that upper management are all “people persons,” many workplaces aren’t as nice as they present themselves as being.   According to the American Institute of Corporate Kindness, here are ten reasons your workplace might not be very nice: ...

The CEO assigns his top VP to organize a mandatory gathering at a local bar, to provide an opportunity for him to mingle and "rap" with the regular folks.

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