Managing Your Boss

Do you ever wake up shaking your head wondering why you even bother anymore. For me it doesn't so much happen in the morning when I wake up as much as it happens when I am put in a position where I get to observe our banal species struggling through the day to day grind. We are a pitiful lot, humans living a life of actual privilege that we all despise in the industrialized west. We are blissfully unaware of what struggle looks like. If you think you've got it bad maybe you should take a look... Read Full Story

How many times have you heard a negative comment from a boss or colleague that throws you for a loop?  It stops you in your tracks and you cannot do another stitch of work.  You end up analyzing and reanalyzing the comment.  You tell your friends and coworkers.  You bitch and complain.  Maybe you cry.  Basically depending on how bad the comment was you loose anywhere from hours to days of productive time from your life.  So what to do? Well the person is right or the person is wrong.  Right... Read Full Story

This is our group blog, which is unique because any Zimbio member can post an entry to it. Some members blog about recent news and trends related to the portal topic, others recount relevant personal stories. You can also comment on and rate existing blog entries, to voice your opinion and to help the community identify which members and entries on the portal are must-reads. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this portal? Well, then put on your journalist’s... Read Full Story

I’ve had a lot of bosses and I’ve been the boss on occasion. It’s not easy if you are or have a bad boss. But how do you know? I mean, c’mon, as a manager, who hasn’t been burned in effigy? Is that really a good barometer? And just because employees say “I hate you, you’re a horrible boss” does it really make it so? (Hint: YES!!) But thanks to Oprah (who’s getting more and more negative thinking on her site, which I’ll take no credit for but if asked I probably will) you now can see what it... Read Full Story

By George Purdy A lot of people are bored with working their current job. Many people feel as if they will never advance in their current company. You can get a career boost when you get an edge over other potential employees. Since it is so hard to get that dream job you will need something that makes you stand out. That is why it is a great opportunity to go online and take management classes. One way to stand out from the crowd is through management classes. Completion of such courses... Read Full Story

It only takes a stroll through a book store's "Self-Help" section to fully understand the importance of communication in any relationship. Entire rain forests worth of paper have been printed with prescriptions for spilling your guts in the proper manner. Now that there are any number of technological devices to facilitate this communication, one has to wonder,"Do you know what I'm saying?" Tapping out your feelings on any keyboard, and expecting the recipient to get the full point of... Read Full Story

Did you ever have one of those days? You know the ones. The ones where you're working on a project that has a pretty firm deadline. Just as you're starting to make progress and just when deadline is four days away, some stomps up to your desk and tells you that they need thus and so and you are the person who needs to deliver it, by tomorrow morning. Then they stomp away. [Sounds of broggan boots echo through the halls. But I exaggerate.] About two hours later, you've finally gotten that... Read Full Story