Every organization and every individual must have change to survive and prosper. Change at work improves processes and increases a competitive advantage. Change in your personal world expands your opportunities to be authentically... Read more »

How to handle that small problem before it takes on seismic proportions. This morning I woke up to find out we had an earthquake here in the Seattle area. Depending on who... Read more »

When an artist sets out to make a sculpture, he gets a large rock and begins to chip away at it. Each day this rock becomes just a little bit more like... Read more »

A recent class action brought by Starbucks employees serves as a reminder to employers on the topic of travel expenses. The federal court employee class action alleged that Starbucks failed to reimburse... Read more »

Do employees in your organization get their work completed in the ways its desired values are written? Do the actions of managers match their words?  If your answer is "no" to either of these questions, your... Read more »

Another year has come and gone, where does the time go? You need employees to run your business, but with employees come responsibility and headaches. As you start thinking about 2009 there... Read more »

It's a brand new day.  You wake up after a great night's sleep and get ready for work.  You have objectives to meet, deadlines approaching and meetings scheduled which will make for... Read more »

We should never lose sight of the fact that people make a company what it is today and what it will be tomorrow. Also, we should not forget our people in the... Read more »

There are three potential "hot spots" for audits and investigations for the government related to the immigration and nationality laws. The first has to do with the documentation that the employer is... Read more »