(Reuters) Fri Aug 5, 2011 3:01am EDT - 1. The poor fit. Bibby Gignilliat, 51, chief executive of Parties that Cook in San Francisco, thought she had hired a winner but found her new employee’s ...

Two new studies find that leaders are less likely to empower followers who raise concerns about workplace decisions, even though these "challenging voice" employees play a critical role in ...

From the political campaigns of 2024 through the recent tragedy of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, public discourse on social media has been active, and often provocative, divisive and offensive.

I once worked for a company where it was common to hear employees say, “No good deed goes unpunished.” That saying existed for a reason. Whenever someone pointed out a problem, offered a suggestion, ...

Whether for poor performance, disruptive behavior, or other reasons or motives of an employer needing to end the employment of problem employees, employers need to appreciate that such employees ...

A farmer who plants seeds in poor soil, fails to water them consistently, then curses the seeds for not growing, has fundamentally misunderstood their role in the outcome. The seeds are not the ...

When terminating a problem employee isn’t in the cards, don’t panic. You have more options than you think. You can’t always get what you want, not even when you’re justified in terminating someone on ...

WASHINGTON — Employee misconduct, malfunctioning computer systems, confusing policies and program inefficiencies hamper operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs, despite the hard work of most ...