How To Detect Liars In Your Business & Personal Life

How to detect lies in your personal and business life.

It's Not About Power & Politics; It's About Principle & Process ------- A Lesson in Leadership

Principle and process form the baseline of effective leadership. Power and politics are old school and have traditionally led to ultimate failure. We have experienced many unfortunate examples of this kind of failure recently, including Enron, Tyco and WorldCom. Behind each of these failures stands a towering figure: a CEO or business leader who may have embraced power and politics over principle and process. Most of the CEOs of these failed companies were considered great leaders at one time. That is scary.

Article Thieves

This article recounts a situation where an article was plagiarized and used on the blog of someone in a directly competing business. The author's thoughts on plagiarism are explored here.

Promote Workplace Morale, Prevent Surprises, and Get a Nifty Accessory

Tired of getting surprised by the boss while playing games at work? There is a solution for you (and it's not giving up solitaire.)

Respecting Employee Privacy Rights in the Workplace When Using Video Surveillance

The loss of employee privacy rights in the workplace is a growing concern among employees, attorneys, and civil libertarian groups. Although employers in banks, telecommunications, securities exchange, in hi-tech industries, and in other workplaces justify using video surveillance in the workplace to monitor employee behavior to chiefly promote safety, improve productivity, and stop theft, protecting employee privacy must be a top concern. For if the courts find that the employer’s surveillance methods are less than fair, that firm may find itself knee-deep in lawsuits that could have been prevented.

Work From Home Plans: System or Scam?

I make seven thousand dollars per month working from home part time! Say again?! Yes, there are work at home plans touting large profits for little work. Are they legitimate? You need to find out before making any commitment; please read on for ways to avoid being taken.

Doing the Right Thing -- Even When Her Job Was At Stake

A true story about a how a high level-manager handled a moral dilemma when her boss told her to change her performance evaluation of one of her direct reports, something she didn't believe was ethical.

Why Don't I Trust You?

According to popular keynote speaker, best-selling author, and President of Customersatisfaction.com, Dr. Gary S. Goodman, we should respect that inner voice that tips us off that someone we're encountering in business isn't trustworthy. He says we should heed four signs that we're better off walking away from that individual and any deal he's offering.

An Ethical Discussion with Lance Winslow

Have you ever been at work and noticed something highly unethical happen. Did it bother you to the point you almost quit? Well did you know that 38% of all Americans have had the same experience?

Five Essential Questions: Business Ethics

Five key ethics questions that individuals in business or working for organizations should ask, whether at the executive, professional or managerial level. George F. Franks, III is the founder and CEO of Franks Consulting Group - a management consulting and leadership coaching practice based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Stealing Proprietary Information from Franchising Companies

Corporate Espionage is so great in America that competitors will go to lengths to find out what your company has that makes it so much better than everyone else’s. Often they will even go so far as to set up a dummy corporation or LLC and actually go thru the sales process to buy a franchise

Integrity and the Company Promise

If what we want is a long-term relationship with our customers -- and no sane business person wants anything else -- then we must be worthy of the customer's choice to spend his or her money on our products and services. We must offer them something they perceive to be of unique value, and we must deliver on the promise implicit in that value.

Corporate Gift Giving

In business the need for exceptional and affordable gifts is a must. Corporate gift baskets are a great way to maintain existing relationships and welcome new business clients. Corporate gifts also make a great motivator for increasing sales and motivating employees to exceed the standard.