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Tim Tebow: Ideal Employee
By Michael Kinsman, Published Feb. 5, 2012
One of the great stories over the past few months has been the unpredictable success of Tim Tebow, quarterback for the NFL’s Denver Broncos. Tebow was a great collegiate player who won two national championships and ...
What Kind of Leader Are You?
By Richard M. Knappen, Published Nov. 10, 2011
Thrust into a leadership position? Need to make important decisions quickly? Are others looking to you for inspiration, focus, motivation, mentoring, coaching, guidance? You make decisions, and others follow? Are you a leader? A group of ...
It Isn’t All About Pay
By Michael Kinsman, Published Sept. 30, 2011
Employers are often clueless as to why people stay in their jobs. For some reason, companies often believe that it’s the pay and the benefits spelled out in the employee handbook that keep people from leaving ...
Ways to Avoid and Eliminate Work Stress
By Debbie Lousberg, Published Sept. 19, 2011
A New Year, new opportunities, and new adventures await us. Let’s start with some reminders on how to take care of ourselves and ward off ... More Post a comment
The Chinese Dragon Weakens
By Michael Kinsman, Published Sept. 15, 2011
There was a time in the 1950s that manufacturing was the kingpin of the U.S. economy. At the time, the U.S. produced more than 40 ... More Post a comment
Civility Costs Nothing. Incivility Costs Billions
By Michael Kinsman, Published Aug. 30, 2011
You might go to work everyday and barely notice that things have changed. Maybe it’s the employee in the staff meeting who insists on texting ... More Post a comment
Survival in the Modern Workplace
By Michael Kinsman, Published Aug. 22, 2011
Our work world is far different from what it used to be. The workplace is always changing and adapting to our societal needs, but there ... More Post a comment
More than Half of Small Business Employees are Unhappy
By Michael Kinsman, Published Aug. 2, 2011
For about two decades, economists have been holding up roadmaps directing workers toward small businesses. They argued that small business was the place of innovation, ... More Post a comment
You Don’t Have All the Answers, Mr. Manager
By Michael Kinsman, Published July 23, 2011
The latest victim of the stormy U.S. economy seems to be the management that runs our companies. Maritz Research of St. Louis reports that its ... More Comments (2)
The Case for Internship
By Michael Kinsman, Published May 12, 2011
The experience of finding that first job — even if it’s a short-term, part-time summer job — can be daunting. Teenagers often find themselves in ... More Post a comment
New Endangered Species — The Happy, Loyal Employee
By Michael Kinsman, Published April 26, 2011
You might have heard the old saying that “employees are our greatest asset.” Surely that was true, somewhere at some point in time. For some ... More Post a comment
Worthless Benefits
By Michael Kinsman, Published March 15, 2011
When jobs are tight &mdash as they have been around here for the past three years &mdash people typically concentrate on just finding a job ... More Post a comment
3,800 Résumés …and More Arriving Daily
By Richard M. Knappen, Published March 5, 2011
The human resources director of a local San Diego company placed an opening on one of the internet job sites. The ad was placed for ... More Post a comment
Retirement is Not What it Used to Be
By Michael Kinsman, Published March 1, 2011
Retirement used to be such a simple concept. It required that you work steadily for 40 or 45 years and then you retired at the ... More Comments (4)
San Diego Companies Make Fortune Magazine's List of Best Companies to Work For
By Michael Kinsman, Published Feb. 6, 2011
Everyone who goes to work each day wants to believe that their employer is one of the best. But there are only so many companies ... More Post a comment
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