A good boss can make your career, but a bad boss can break it – and a new survey finds that plenty of Americans have learned that lesson the hard way. A survey of about 2,000 adults, conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of the careers website Glassdoor, found that two-thirds of people said their boss had had some kind … Read More

You can’t always control how you experience trust in the workplace, but you have control how you act to promote trust. People who trust each other’s coworkers tend to extend their trust to the larger organization as well. This, in turn, draws forth trust from others. Once trust is broken, it can be hard or even impossible to rebuild. The … Read More

Think you work with a bully?  Do you regularly feel intimidated, put down, criticized or dread coming to work?  These may be signs that your co-worker is more than mean-spirited and may be a BULLY!  In a 2017 National Survey, workplace bullying was defined as “repeated mistreatment of an employee by one or more employees; abusive conduct that is: threatening, … Read More

It’s not only been days, weeks or even months—since you performed work for your client, and you still haven’t received payment. Sound familiar? As a professional and small business owner, you need to be paid on time. You’ve got people to support and bills to pay. You may be considering using a debt collector to secure payment from your customer. … Read More

If you have not already started, now is a good time to start planning your marketing strategy for the year.  Consider one or all of these three leading 2018 small business trends: Get Personal – In today’s world, so many things have turned digital such as online chat and automated messaging. Although modern technology is great for efficiency, it lacks … Read More