by admin | Oct 23, 2014 | Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
There is a lot of focus on the best way to manage Millennials, the new generation of workers. Yet the exodus of Baby Boomers isn’t the only shift managers need to prepare for. There is also a spike in freelance workers, which presents new challenges for managers to...
by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
The US freelance workforce is currently 53 million strong, and growing fast*. In fact, right now freelancers make up 34% of our national workforce. Sarah Harowitz, executive director of Freelancers Union says, “This is an economic shift on par with the industrial...
by admin | Sep 26, 2013 | Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
A few months ago, I introduced you to an employee you may have encountered in your lifetime, called The AWOL. You know, the one that just never seems to be around when a project is due? Then, I talked about The Egomaniac. Remember, the one who takes “not a team...