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- Seldom heard are discouraging words, "You're fired!" -- "many companies have adopted more surreptitious ways to get rid of unwanted employees. Human-resources experts call it "managing out," a way to nudge an employee out the door while minimizing legal exposure. Sometimes it involves making a worker's job so miserable that he'll quit. Other times, it might mean building an airtight cause for a firing, even if the cause is bogus." (via the nub)
- You always have the option of firing non-performers
- Barry Diller is Tough on Creative Conflict -- "Barry Diller, the media powerhouse and storied entrepreneur, discussed the pleasures of risk-taking and the necessity of conflict at Harvard Business School."
- Flush that potty mouth with popular euphemisms -- " In real life, the problem with euphemisms is that they don't provide psychological release... While out-of-control road rage isn't healthy, cursing can be a helpful coping mechanism to let off steam" (another via the nub)
- Employee Cyber Crimes -- "Employee Cyber Theft Dangerous as a Virus" (ibid.)
- The Enchanted Glass -- "We have a cognitive bias to see ourselves in a more positive light than others see us." (via Follow Me Here)
- Women Remember Physical Appearances Better Than Men Do -- and "women remember the appearances (of)women more than they remember the appearances of men.."
- How Deception, Reputation and E-mail Can Affect Your Negotiating Strategy (may require free registration to view) (indirectly via Synergy Partners)
- Job Shift -- "people who are employed in what they think of as full-time, long-term jobs are in reality hired by their organization to work as long as they offer value. So these are actually temporary jobs."