Trust is a Key Ingredient Missing From Business Team Building

Trust is a Key Ingredient Missing From Business Team Building

What is the definition of trust? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary it is defined as having assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.  A pretty straightforward definition with very little room for...
Do Working Americans Own Businesses On The Side?

Do Working Americans Own Businesses On The Side?

With job insecurity hitting all time lows over the past seven years, many more Americans are taking control of their destiny. Or, so it seems according to a new report published by the University of Phoenix. According to the report, more than half of working adults...
Are Sick Days Killing Your Business?

Are Sick Days Killing Your Business?

Do your employees drag themselves to work, hacking and coughing and spreading the bug to everyone else in your company? Do you provide flu shots for your employees? Do you provide working from home opportunities for people who are feeling under the weather? What is...
Ben & Jerry’s: Cultivating A Human Culture in Business

Ben & Jerry’s: Cultivating A Human Culture in Business

A business associate from London and I were having breakfast when she said, “At Will employment is inhuman. Isn’t that an excuse for bad bosses to shirk their responsibility to their employees by simply cutting their losses any time they want to?” I think so. When...