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More Michigan Municipalities Looking to Fill Town Drunk Positions

There are currently 31 Michigan municipalities looking to fill...

Contingency Director Claims His Demotion Was Because His Wife Called Him “Bunny”

Until February, Leo Sitlin was a rising contingency manager...

Jimmy Phipps to Open Salt Shaker Store in Downtown Detroit

Another nationally recognized retailer is setting up shop in...

Becoming a More Effective Micro-Manager

Being an effective micro-manager is an ongoing challenge. Continually...

De-Networking Events Fill Up Fast as People Seek to Get Rid of Their Contacts

Five years ago, the most sought-after business skillset was being an effective networker.  To rise in the corporate world, one needed at least 25,000 contacts – and having 40,000...

New Guidelines Would Require Corporate Whistle Blowers to Blow an Actual Whistle

The American Association of Fiduciary Transparency, which lobbies for the interests and well being of more than 20,000 US financial institutions, has proposed a new rule requiring employees to...

Coffee Chain Defends Policy of Tasing Customers Who Stay in Line Too Long

When Molly Tallman asked the barista at Sacramento’s Drippish Coffee how many types of mocha lattes were available, she did not expect the woman to pull out a taser...

Unable to Find Qualified Staffers, Nevada Company Goes All Employee-less

In 2019, when Masters Customization set out to hire a new employee, one human resources staffer could make it happen in less than an hour. As of mid 2023,...

Climate Change Impacting Workers Who Are Skating on Thin Ice

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...

Company Investigating How Caller Got Through to Actual Person

Chicago’s Feldman Group reports that an outside phone caller somehow managed recently to get through to an actual employee.  The incident occurred at 10:47 AM on March 1, the...

Companies That Teeter Advised To Do So Anywhere Except on the Brink

In these chaotic and uncertain times it’s acceptable, even expected, for a company to do some teetering – but virtually all experts agree that this should never take place...

Loiterers Leaving the Profession as Declining In-Store Sales Impact Routines

As brick and mortar retail sales continue to fall – due mainly to the increase in online ordering that began long before the pandemic – opportunities for loiterers have...

Over 2000 Discount Think Tanks Thinking About More Things at Fraction of Cost

Fifteen years ago, the think tank business was hugely profitable. Most contracted with large organizations that provided enough funding for them to think about just one thing, often for...

The Bard Meant Business – a Long-Lost Sonnet

Earlier this year, a story in The Huffington Post listed 13 of the many words invented by William Shakespeare – including “gloomy,” "majestic,” and “zany.” What many don't know, however,...

Executives Fired For Using Expressions They Didn’t Know Had Been Banned

On  March 5, Minna Rawlins, Finance Director of New York City’s Billings/Watts, emailed a staffer thanking him for his “fastidious” attention to detail. She was dismissed an hour later,...

CPO Resigns: Lied on Resume About Being “Self Starter” and More

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...

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Millions of Managers Getting Hands Tied Increases Need for Hand-Tiers

The number of US businesspeople whose hands are tied when it comes to addressing workplace issues, policy changes, and other actionable areas has increased...

Occupational Cross-Dressers Gainng Acceptance in the Workplace

Not too many years ago, a civil engineer who dressed like a mechanical engineer would have been ostracized at the office – perhaps even...

No Longer Just Criminals, Henchmen Now Play Key Roles in US Businesses

As recently as 2018, few respectable people would have considered embarking on a career as a henchman.    “One always thought of a henchman as...

Communications Director Fired For Not Using “Robust” in Press Release

Gena McPherson, who had been the PR and communications manager at Minneapolis-based Calfalex for 12 years, was relieved of her duties last week due...

“Drucker” – Starring Carson Clemmons – Makes it Three Hits in a Row for Nimble

On the heels of “Potscrubbers” and “Cincinnati Sprinkles,” the just-launched “Drucker” looks like another success for streaming service Nimble.  The show stars Carson Clemmons,...