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So What Do We Do Now?
In mid-April the prognostication was that the recession would end in the second half of 2009. So much for the Great Depression, version 2, and all of the gloom and doom from the media in the first quarter. Even the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet, is chiming in saying that he sees an incredibly strong US economy for the foreseeable future. Economists are now predicting a slow recovery, which by the way translates into a longer, stronger recovery, which is just fine.
Leadership has to be based on positive forward thinking, not negative backward thoughts. Most recessions are overcome by attitude more than mathematics. Thank goodness some politicians have caught on to the power of positive thinking. Not bad considering Dale Carnegie has been promoting the power of positive thinking since 1912. And it seems to be working. Don’t forget to use it at work.
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How to Be a Good Mentor
Mentor was the name of the tutor to whom Odysseus entrusted the education of his son Telemachus. The term 'mentoring' is now used to describe a powerful one-to-one tool for discovering and developing potential. The mentor is the more experienced of the partners, and the mentee the less experienced. Informal mentoring is widespread, while formal programs are mostly used for professional development, or to provide specific support in education.
More and more organizations, commercial, private, not-for-profit and charitable are recognizing the benefits of mentoring for the mentee, the mentor and the organization, and are therefore introducing mentoring programs.
If you want to learn how to mentor, or to improve your performance, consider the points below. If you don't believe that you can imp rove your own performance, you won't be a good mentor. How can you help anyone to discover and develop their potential if you are not constantly discovering and developing your own?
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Employee Productivity: Web Surfers Get More Done, Study Says
You’ve no doubt seen reports on how Web surfing at work is killing employee productivity. When people spend time checking their favorite sites on company time, business results have to suffer, right?
Not so, says researchers at the University of Melbourne. Surfing the net at work for pleasure actually increases concentration levels and helps improve employee productivity, according to a new study.
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Class Actions on the Rise--Are You Next?
One of the most feared phrases in the business world is "class action" or how to turn a one-employee small suit into a many-employee gigantic suit. Law firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s was surveyed on Litigation Trends over the past 12 months. Here are the survey's findings regarding multi-plaintiff cases:
In which area of multi-plaintiff cases have you seen the greatest increase?
Respondents were asked about changes in the volume of multi-plaintiff cases (class/collective actions) in the past 12 months in various areas of labor and employment law. Supporting what a number of sources have suggested, the survey showed a definite spike in multi-plaintiff suits, mostly stemming from wage-and-hour claims by employees.
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Summer Interns: Volunteers or Employees?
Now that summer is around the corner, many nonprofits are fortunate to have lined up students or recent grads as “interns.” Such summer help is greatly appreciated by nonprofits but could come at an unexpected cost if the nonprofit is paying the interns and is not prepared to treat them as employees.
Internships of short duration, such as one or two weeks, are less likely to trigger an employment relationship but if an intern receives any compensation the issue of employee classification is raised: Should the intern be treated as an employee?
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Hay Fever and Work Productivity: Allergy Relief for Hay Fever May Increase Workplace Efficiency
Here’s some bad news for employers who have employees with seasonal allergies: hay fever may be responsible for the loss of millions of hours of work productivity every spring. Employers might want to look at ways to provide allergy relief to those employees suffering from hay fever to help increase their productivity.
A study has just been released that shows that the typical allergy symptoms, including sneezing, watery eyes and nasal discharge, cause workers to miss, on average, an hour of work per week. While losing an hour a week might not seem like much, the impact must be multiplied by some 20 to 50 million Americans that cope with seasonal allergies. The true impact to employers would actually be measured in millions of dollars.
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