Proverbs 24:27 ¶Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field and afterwards build thine house. Darby Proverbs 18:9 ¶He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social [...]
You want it. Everyone does. Only trouble is, the more you need it, the less likely you are to get it. Why? Research shows that 98% of us do one or more of these three things when we have a difficult message to convey – and we think we’re doing “the right thing”:-We Ease In: [...]
Perhaps I’m just getting crochety. Then again, maybe not. First, I’m hardly old enough to be in the “crochety” class. And secondly, I’ve been feeling this way for about 30 years. My complaint? Delivering the goods. Or the lack thereof. Growing up, one of the things stressed in my family had to do with keeping [...]
The last few years have been a period of heightened scrutiny and scandal for the financial services industry. Most recently, the SEC issued a report on pension consultants regarding conflicts of interest and the objectivity of advice given to retirement plan sponsors. It’s become vital to the success of insurance and financial advisors that they [...]
I know, it’s the 21st century and yet a lingerie catalog was considered reason to fire a manager of a . It’s true, a manager that was just about to be promoted, did not have any other discrepancy reported, was known as a good performer, and yet a lingerie catalog cost him his job. Not [...]
You want it. Everyone does. Only trouble is, the more you need it, the less likely you are to get it. Why? Research shows that 98% of us do one or more of these three things when we have a difficult message to convey – and we think we’re doing “the right thing”:-We Ease In: [...]
Many believe that ethical behavior is some abstract term that sounds nice and looks good on paper, but are confused as to what being ethical really means in the workplace. What if someone told you that everything you need to know about ethical behavior, you learned in kindergarten? That’s right, ethics – or the guidelines [...]