Twenty-two percent of turnover takes place within the initial 45 days of employment, with 16% in the first week...

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The human resources department is often tagged as an "evil" in the organization by the employees and a "soft area" by the management. Despite these tags, the HR function has evolved and broadened in scope...

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For many companies, bringing in a temporary employee to fill an open position makes good business sense. There’s no need to wade through hundreds of résumé; no payroll taxes, unemployment insurance...

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All professional sports teams have a training camp...Years ago, Spring Training was meant to help the players get back into shape after a long winter of sitting around and doing very little activity.

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One of the great things about being a manager is that you can delegate various types of tasks to other people instead of having to do them yourself. This may sound like a rather cavalier statement, but it’s true.

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If you’ve been leading for any length of time, you know you should delegate. My earliest leadership memory is of delegating household chores to my younger brother and sisters when I was eleven...

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