There's a recurring scene in The IT Crowd that many of us can relate to. An employee calls the employer's Information Technology department for tech support, and the technician who answers the phone …
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Employment Termination Can Be a Gift
(Originally posted 06/05/2012; Updated 08/18/2021) Few people want to be terminated from their employment, even when they hate their jobs. As employers, we know the personal crises termination can …
Review of TALENT IS OVERRATED by Geoff Colvin
(Originally posted 03/29/2016; Updated 08/18/2021) I was first introduced to Geoff Colvin's book, Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everyone Else, on a first …
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Cliff Needed to Fire an Employee and Didn’t Want to Get Sued
“I need to fire an employee and I don't want to get sued.” That's how it began with my client, Cliff. And to be honest, it's how a lot of my clients come to me. They come with this situation that …
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Becky Doesn’t Think She Has a Conflict
"I don't have a conflict. I just can't start my business because every lawyer I talk to expects me to pay them for their service." I actually had someone say that to me in a networking meeting …
How Do You Define Success? Has Your Definition Changed?
I'm asking these questions today because it's the 18th anniversary of my law practice. I've learned a lot in those 18 years, and a lot has changed. You can imagine how the technology that I was …
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How to Get DIY Conflict Resolution for Free
Not long after I launched the first edition of DIY Conflict Resolution in 2014, I discovered some sites offering copies of the book for free. Below, you'll see why I am not linking to any of them. …
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Nance L. Schick Cautions NFIB About Unpaid Internships
(Originally posted 07/07/2017, but still very relevant today) Nance was asked by the National Federation of Independent Business ("NFIB") what small businesses should consider when hiring unpaid …
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What Are Your Risks When Hiring a Freelancer?
(Updated from 10/05/2018) Freelancing has been common in many industries for as long as most of us can remember. I am effectively a freelance arbitrator, attorney, coach, mediator, trainer, and …
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The Top Three Justifications Employers Give for Not Paying Interns
(Updated from 07/04/2019) I love free trials as much as the next person. Maybe it started at Baskin-Robbins, where we got those tiny spoons to taste the 31 flavors. (Apparently, you can't sample …
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