Staff Development and Motivation

An intriguing article by biologist Christoph Randler from the Harvard Business Review contends that morning people are actually most successful in the business world, due to their proclivity to be more proactive. Honestly, it makes a lot of sense....

Speaking with the media can be tough, especially if you’re not used to doing it. Christina Khoury of PRbreakfastclub.com offers some quality advice for businesses (it’s actually for PR pros to pass on to clients) about how to get your...

Are you young and rich? ("Sort of" and "No.") Would you like to be? While I personally subscribe to the "Mo Money, Mo Problems" general life philosophy, I respect that there are many out there who want to have a lot of money. And we here at the...

“We’re excited that we’ve got a good number of people working on this project from Northwest Indiana,” Porter Health System CEO Jonathon Nalli told a group of reporters at a press conference announcing bid winners for their new hospital site....

OfficeTeam released a statement touting the results of an employer survey that illustrates how references impact the hiring of candidates. See if this coincides with your own company’s practices. (Sometimes, as a joke, when my colleagues and...

Nominations are due this Friday, June 25th, for the Ashley’s Jewelry- Duneland Distinguished Woman Award formerly known as the Athena Award. The Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce will present the award at their State of the Chamber Luncheon,...

Global workplace productivity is expected to suffer over the next month as the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament takes center stage. The U.S. impact won’t be as substantial. Despite the continued growth in youth soccer (my son wanted to take a...

Purdue is one of nine universities around the country that has at least eight undergraduate alumni serving as chief executive officers of Standard & Poor's 500 companies, a new list from Bloomberg shows. Both Purdue and Indiana universities have...

I’ll warn you: This post may challenge some ideals you’ve always held dear, so grab on to your desk. Having worked in customer service, I’d argue this post from business consultant Alexander Kjerulf basically articulates things I (read: "me,"...

Ford R. Myers, president of Career Potential, LLC and author of Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring, provides some useful advice to our future leaders of commerce: Myers suggests the following five job-seeking tips parents can...