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Finally! Product Packaging That Absolutely Nobody Can Get Open

Chicago home goods maker Peers & Webb has achieved...

More Michigan Municipalities Looking to Fill Town Drunk Positions

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

Utilizing the “Penny Tray” Strategy to Meet Budget Goals

October of 2022 was a grim time at Santa...
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Gen Z in the Workplace: 13 Things You Should Expect

If you hire someone from Gen Z, here are...

Like Bow-Wow, Pastry Icon to be Just “Debbie”?

Perhaps following the lead of rappers Lil’ Bow Wow and Lil’ Romeo, both of whom have dropped the Lil', it is rumored that pastry icon Little Debbie will become...

A Stricter Kind of Coffee House

Rosary Beans Coffee House will open a store in the lobby of the new H#sht#g Building near Foxtown. The brainchild of Sister Mary Hammer of the Louisiana-based Sisters of Divine...

Street Patrols Prevent Violations of Corporate “Isms”

To anyone wondering why so many Rock Financial cars are on patrol in Downtown Detroit: It's not to ward off muggers. Rather, it's to ensure compliance with the 19...

Servers Asked to Specify What When Telling Customers to “Enjoy”

The Association of Waitstaff Etiquette is recommending that restaurant waitpersons discontinue the custom of offering diners an open-ended “Enjoy!” – and that they start specifying: “Enjoy your Chablis!” “Enjoy...

Top Skillsets of the Future: #22, Managing Postponement

In today’s cautious environment, it is rare that anything is actually brought to completion. The average decision today involves 42 people and takes 12 days and 17 hours –...

After 22 Years, Senior Identifier Named to Powers That Be

Transformatives company Willmore/Strunk has named Senior Identifier Evelyn Lee as one of the powers that be, effective on October 15. In a memo to employees, CEO Mary Ann Hobner wrote:...

Skillsets of the Future: Emphatic Nodding

Anything a boss says in a meeting or anywhere else should be considered important. Those who nod continually while their bosses talk are assuring the boss that this is...

The Businesstype Series: #113, the Plop & Stayer

The Plop & Stayer will unexpectedly plop down in the chair in front of your desk - and then just stay. If it's being done correctly, he or she...

Three Congratulators Promoted to Applauder

Melinda Harding, Chief Caring Officer for the Welbourne Fund, promoted Three senior Congratulators to the position of Applauder this week. All three - Jeffrey Willins, Anthony Moransi, and Theo Otterman...

AIREA Gets “Mission Statement of the Month” Award

Congratulations to AIREA Studio, located in the lobby of the Compuware Building in Downtown Detroit. AIREA's statement is cited for three reasons: * Most buzzwords ever incorporated into five paragraphs *...

Let’s Stop at the Tasting Room

It has long been a custom to “stop at the bar” after work to talk about the personality traits of certain bosses, the value of the latest “We’re One...

Lessons From Texts: Trouble Shooter vs. Trouble Maker

An up and coming logistics manager received this text message from the boss: "Hire a trouble shooter!" - meaning someone to examine the company's struggling Implementation Initiative. Anxious to please,...

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Thousands Transitioning from Accounts Receivable to Accounts Payable Clerk

It has long been held that an accounting clerk is born to as either accounts payable or accounts receivable - and that they are...

World Beats Path to Mousetrap Factory Door

Fifteen people were injured on Tuesday when billions of people from around the world beat a path to the door of the Newton Mousetrap...

Businesses Designating Departments For Employees Too Afraid to Speak

Fourteen percent of US businesspeople have stopped talking at work since the start of 2017, due to the fear they might say something offensive...

Fed Up With an Underperforming Staff, Ohio Firm Imposes Sanctions

In January 2023, having overcome pandemic-related terciary obstacles, Toledo retrograde specialists James/Hatton achieved an all-time high stock price of $134.44 per share.   As of...

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? For Some Lucky People, it Could be the CEO!

In January, Memphis brokerage firm House-Winters introduced “Dinner with the Boss” - where, once a month, CEO Sylvia Rankin visits  the home of one...