Today's column: Making stuff up and with some kind of plan involved so you don't end up living with stuff your boss (or his boss) has made up. Enjoy!

The latest (Im)Perfect Manager is up - Today is about the Don't Sue Me Stuff: Miscellaneous edition, where I talk about crying employees and contemplating baiting a trap with Syrup of Ipecac laced food.

Enjoy!

Hi All - We're doing a project for my friend (who also happens to be my best friend's mom). If you can knit or crochet, we're looking for 6x6 squares in all shades of blue, blue/purple, and/or bright sunny yellow (she loves irises) to be made with love and good thoughts for a lady who is taking the fight to cancer. If you are interested in ( Read more... )

oday's topic: Difficult people that affect your ability to do work. My discussion is on identifying them, their motives, and how to get your stuff done without committing homicide. Less fun, but in the long run, more effective.

You can read about it here.

Please check out this week's offering (and forgive me for not posting last week's offering--the post before this one will explain the combo of technology and cluelessness that led to this event).

Enjoy!

Probably a little belated (probably should have posted this just before Thanksgiving) but the current post is all about dealing with the holidaze as a manager. You can find the latest here.

Happy birthday to Bill and Jenn! You two fight it out over who the evil one is.

For the last three or four years, we've been using a dirty little secret for acquiring our Christmas tree: we go to the Ace Hardware. They are literally half the price of the normal places, and they're darn good trees. For the last three years we've gotten a tree, taken it home, put it in the stand, and called it good. Prior to that we had an old ( Read more... )

The Latest (Im)Perfect Manager is up (by the skin of my teeth). Enjoy my thoughts on sexual harassment and hostile work environments. Note, this is not a "how to."

This week we're discussing context and how that applies to responsibility and accountability.