Managers, listen up: micromanagement kills your team's efficiency and will slowly drive you insane. I've prepared a simple four-step plan to help you stop micromanaging and thereby preserve your employees' productivity. 1. Reset expectations. Many managers micromanage because they don't trust their employees...
I've deliberately waited to weigh in on the Yahoo work-from-home ban; others have covered the story more than capably. What I am interested in, though, is why Yahoo doesn't just hire better managers. Let me back up a bit. Kara Swisher posted the full internal memo...
Many offices have some form of Summer Fridays, but this ecard from someecards illustrates one pitfall of such an initiative: low productivity. Let's not kid ourselves: when it's gorgeous outside, it's tough to focus on work, even if said work is enjoyable. When it...
Each week, I contribute dozens of management articles to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorite posts from this week. * At first glance, the idea of paying employees a $7,500 bonus for going completely off the company grid while on vacation might seem crazy, but...
In this TED talk, Dan Pink gives a persuasive argument that might make you rethink the way managers should motivate. Here, traditional rewards are examined under the "surprising science of motivation." Dan Pink is a former speechwriter for Al Gore who left his "real" job to...
"If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money," says Simon Sinek in this TED Talk. "But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears....
