I've had the application to be certified as a women-owned business on my desk for six years. Here's why I just can't mail it in
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The difference between a great company and a mediocre one isn't whether it avoids mistakes.
Read More »Man Fired for Being Morbidly Obese
A defense contractor decided a man could not do his desk job because he was morbidly obese. The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission says this is against the law. At 600 plus pounds, Ronald Kratz II wasn't having any problem performing his desk job at a defense contractor and had been receiving good evaluations at work.
Read More »Tangled, Too: Why A Wireless World Will Never Exist
Forget Wi-Fi, forget Bluetooth, forget NFC and even wireless charging--that rat's nest of wires behind your computer desk is going nowhere fast.
Read More »9 Rules the Boss Shouldn’t Break
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Read More »Keeping Things in Perspective
From the desk of William J Curtis - Chief Executive Officer Robb Report MagazineFirstly, how dare these people at Standard & Poor's - an American company owned by McGraw-Hill - take the inappropriate, egotistical, and self-serving action of rating the United States of America’s credit as anything less than AAA?
Read More »Keeping Things in Perspective
From the desk of William J Curtis - Chief Executive Officer Robb Report MagazineFirstly, how dare these people at Standard & Poor's - an American company owned by McGraw-Hill - take the inappropriate, egotistical, and self-serving action of rating the United States of America’s credit as anything less than AAA? ...
Read More »How to Hire an Assistant
My desk used to have a very large pile of envelopes stacked in the corner. It included notices from various agencies in the states in which our employees live, pitches from would-be business partners, personal correspondence, and too many other things to list. Under the desk was a box, which contained all of the stuff that had been crowded off my desk
Read More »Concierges’ Guide to London: Formal Introductions
.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonSIMON THOMAS (ST) BROWN'S HOTEL LONDONWalk in the door of London’s oldest hotel and go straight back under the staircase, and head concierge Simon Thomas will be standing behind the desk on your right. The 40-year-old Thomas joined Brown’s—which debuted on ...
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