3 Ways to Become Financially Fit
If you apply for a job and you get that job, that company can only guarantee you today’s wages. But, if you create your own job, you can guarantee whatever wage you want for yourself.
How to Improve the Emerging Culture of Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment can range from persistent offensive sexual jokes to inappropriate touching to posting offensive material in the workplace. Sexual harassment at work is a significant issue and can happen to both women and men.
Information Governance Insights: To Print or Not to Print
Information Governance Insights: To Print or Not to Print ROBIN WOOLEN The Records Guru A few years ago an Editor for a very prominent magazine was asked if they thought they would ever cease hardcopy printing and only publish an online edition. His response was that...
A Brief History of Fringe Benefits
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3 Ways Very Successful People Think Differently
3 Ways Very Successful People Think Differently MEIKO PATTON Meiko S. Patton is a writer for the federal government and the founder of Never Ever Give Up Academy. What would you say is the most powerful thing in the world? What would you say if I told you that you...
The Characteristics of Influential Leaders
The Characteristics of Influential Leaders ADAM WHITE Adam White is CEO of Adam White Speaks, entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book, “A Leader Others Will Follow: The Power of Influence. Whether you are leading a company or a country, often in leadership our...
Attending College as an Adult
Attending College as an Adult JEFF BARISON MatchCollege is a comprehensive website for seekers of higher education providing information on over 6,500 colleges and universities in the United States A substantive shift has taken place over the last two decades with...
Worksite Wellness Begins with You!
Worksite Wellness Begins with You! ANGELA GAFFNEY Wellness Expert, Health Coach and Author Whether you’re just starting to think about worksite wellness or have a robust program in place the same holds true; worksite wellness begins with you! The program may provide...
10 Ways to Connect with a Younger Workforce
10 Ways to Connect with a Younger Workforce JOHN STOKER John Stoker is the author of “Overcoming Fake Talk” and the president of DialogueWORKS, Inc. On a recent flight, my seatmate and I began to talk about communication and conversation strategies for dealing with...
Is Your Succession Plan Designed for Success?
Is Your Succession Plan Designed for Success? STAN SKIPWORTH Stan Skipworth is the Director of Safety at the Claremont Colleges and serves as a public policy/public safety consultant and legislative advisor for national campus law enforcement professional...
Looking Back to Look Forward
Looking Back to Look Forward LIAM RYAN Former Liverpool architect and author of Cancer 4 Me 5 Sometimes, in an effort to identify the direction I feel my life should take, I momentarily project myself forward to the end, and look back. I try to establish what the...
3 Creative Ways to Accomplish Any Goal in the Next 100 Days
3 Creative Ways to Accomplish Any Goal in the Next 100 Days MEIKO PATTON Meiko S. Patton is a writer for the federal government and the founder of Never Ever Give Up Academy. Would you finally like to: Quit your day job? Take that 7-day Caribbean cruise? Have enough...
Management is Everything
Management is Everything JEFFREY MORGAN President of e-volve IT Services. Jeffrey has been providing independent consulting services to County and Municipal agencies since 1993. With 24 years of consulting for county and municipal government under my belt, the hiring...
Should We Grab Coffee Sometime?
Should We Grab Coffee Sometime? BETH BEUTLER Beth Beutler is the founder and executive director of HOPE Unlimited. “Let’s grab coffee sometime.” Should We? “We should grab coffee.” How do you respond when someone suggests that? Do you add the coffee appointment to...
A List of 6 Highest-Paying Government Jobs You Probably Don’t Know!
A List of 6 Highest-Paying Government Jobs You Probably Don’t Know! JOSEPH CAREY a Pro Academic Writer who provides expert help for students across the world. Although the idea of working in private sector sounds cool and contemporary but it fails to offer to you a...
Police Retirement: Set a Date
Police Retirement: Set a Date JOHN ELDRIDGE Author of award-winning book Second Careers for Street Cops. Just do it. Pick a date when you’re going to retire from policing. Now look, you don’t have to panic about the date. It’s not like you’re leaving tomorrow. Just...
That Big Decision in Your Head? Stop Thinking about It.
That Big Decision in Your Head? Stop Thinking about It. JACK QUARLES Helping Companies Reduce Cost and Increase Profit As you think about the week ahead and the coming months, you may have some big open issues in your life: Is it time to look for a new job? Can we...
Information Governance: Talk the Talk
Information Governance: Talk the Talk ROBIN WOOLEN The Records Guru If there is one thing I’ve found in today’s business world it’s that everyone can use all the buzzwords to keep up with the conversation at meetings and around the office, but if you really ask them...