careers

Americans have a long tradition of packing up and moving to find better opportunities. Covered wagons streamed west in the early 1800s, packed with people willing to brave the hazards…

You’ve encountered bad leaders in the work place.  You’ve seen the boss’s son — the character who, just because he was born on third base, suffers from the illusion that…

“The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt me / Have I stayed too long at the fair?” — Barbra Streisand (lyrics from a song written by William C. Barnes) The thirty-year hanger-on.  Otherwise…

There’s an unfortunate impression that seems to have taken root in our culture, that people don’t like to work and will naturally just lay around all day if they could…

Everyday millions of Americans head off to work with the illusion that they’ll still have a job at the end of the day. In fairness, the odds are in their…

She complained over and over again about her boss. He belittled her, threatened her, and intimidated her.  He knew he could get away with it, so he was relentless. One…

Work is the curse of the drinking classes. — Oscar Wilde During and right after the Great Depression (roughly 1929-1941), we passed a work ethic on to our children that became…

It is that time again: the year is ending, and there are precious few days left. Many of us are putting together lists of things we want to change, or…

Some of you might remember the term “human capital,” that used to crop up when a company was discussing why they had the potential to be successful. It’s a term…

You’ve heard all the talk about second and third careers. You’ve told yourself that successful people don’t do that. They just stick with what they’ve been doing until they get better and…