The Effective Leader works at building up and maintaining a series of Leadership Competencies which they use to do their job. By 'competencies' we do not mean 'natural' attributes, personality styles or... Read more »

If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got."  It's up to you to do something about your negative, energy-draining circumstances.  Go for it -... Read more »

Employers should be careful in terminating a worker to avoid costly lawsuit. To avoid legal consequences, company owners should know these termination laws... Read more »

Strategic thinking is regarded as an essential core competency for leadership positions. In fact, many organizations already use this competency, among others, to appraise and evaluate the performance of their executives and... Read more »

"I have long been convinced that...employers and employees are partners, not enemies: that their interests are common, not opposed: that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon... Read more »

Suppose you're a plan sponsor that wants to increase 401(k) participation among your low income employees, what do you do? You know, of course, that employee financial education programs by themselves are... Read more »

Whether your preference is Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, or now Daniel Craig, the James Bond character has been used in the longest running and most financially... Read more »

In January 2008, President Bush signed into law the first-ever amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and on November 17, 2008, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its final... Read more »

2009 has been a year of dynamic change in the ongoing debate over same-sex marriage.  As 2008 drew to a close, same-sex couples could legally marry only in Massachusetts and Connecticut and... Read more »