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Productivity Tool or Big Brother?
If you haven’t seen it, the Independent ran an article by Kevin Rawlinson about Tesco and their use of “armbands” to increase the productivity of its employees. Tesco claims the armbands are an efficiency tool, but a former employee claims the armbands are used to keep an eye on how hard individual employees are working. The armbands, according to the same former employee, allow Tesco to “score” employees by comparing the time allotted to a particular … Read entire article »
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What Would You Do?
It happens to all of us: during our daily grind an unusual situation pops up and challenges us to do something. It happened recently to me. I was at a well-known drug store; part of a national chain. I was hurrying off to work and thankfully the check-out line was empty. No problem, right? Almost. The problem was this: the poor clerk helping me was obviously troubled by something. She moved in obvious pain, holding onto … Read entire article »
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A Business Owner’s Take on Super Bowl Sunday
My husband and I visited one of our favorite places today, Johnny B’s. It’s a great burger and brew place, and the owner transformed it from the original dive bar it was into one of the premier sports bars in east county. We saw a sign announcing Johnny B’s would be closed after 2:00 PM on Super Bowl Sunday and we were curious why. The owner, Johnny (of course), spent a few minutes with us catching … Read entire article »
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Volunteering at the SUPERFROG!
I had the opportunity to volunteer at the SUPERFROG Triathlon this past September 11, and it was an amazing event. For the non-triathletes out there, SUPERFROG is the oldest triathlon in the world, older even than the Hawaii Ironman. Founded in 1978, SUPERFROG was the answer to the news that John Collins (the founder of the Hawaii Ironman), was planning the definitive athletic endurance event consisting of a marathon, a 112 mile bike ride, and a … Read entire article »
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Women: Want to earn more? Lose weight.
Well, someone had to do it. I’m talking about actually quantifying the relationship between how a woman looks and how much she gets paid. No one can seriously deny that fat people, especially women, are discriminated against in the workplace. The question was: how much does it cost them in dollars? Well, researchers Timothy A. Judge and Daniel M. Cable did a little look-see into the issue and came up with some surprising numbers. First, they found that … Read entire article »
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The Employee With The Achilles Heel
Someone asked me recently: what was the most difficult employee issue I’ve had to deal with? Of course, all the usual things came to mind but I thought back to one particular case several years ago. I had a truly spectacular employee: hard-working, trustworthy, got things done. She was truly a gem to have. She ran circles around most of my other reports, and I never worried about things when she was running the show. But she … Read entire article »
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