Shutterstock Dear Liz, I’m the Manager of a team of Applications Engineers, Expediters and Quality Control specialists who all support our Eastern Region sales team. We have a great group and things are going well in general but I have one problem. I have one employee we will call Dan who is a great employee in many ways, but he can’t do the job. He comes to work, but he doesn’t seem to grasp (or to be able to perform) his role.

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I took your advice earlier this year and launched a stealth job search, but I had a bad experience and it turned me off. I don’t hate my job but I want to see what else is out there because there is no career advancement where I’m working now. I figured that it wouldn’t hurt to go on some job interviews, but I got burned. I went to an interview on my lunch hour. They told me that the interview would take no more than half an hour.

Shutterstock Hard conversations are pretty much what they sound like. But, sometimes having a difficult discussion’s the difference between being unhappy and getting what you want. So while initiating one in the workplace isn’t fun, you could stand to gain respect, a promotion or extra income—all good things. Emerging from the conversation unscathed comes down to three smart moves. First, never go into a difficult conversation unprepared.

(Photo courtesy of Shutterstock) It can be challenging figuring out on the spot how to answer questions thrown at you during a job interview — especially if they are not ones you were expecting. If you want to impress, it is not enough to merely respond to the question. Tough questions give you the opportunity to highlight your value and show that you understand the company. Want to shine in the interview? Use these five tricks to nail the tough questions: 1.

Photo by Jake Hills via Unsplash There’s a phone call I get occasionally in my work at Vanderbloemen that consistently wins “least favorite of all” – both for me and the person calling. It goes something like this: “William, you know my COO. He’s done nothing wrong. He’s been nothing but loyal. But I think I need to fire him. When we started the church together, I could count on him to make everything happen.

Paperwork for many doctors has become overwhelming. While initiatives have tried to convert paperwork into electronic paperwork, are the new systems actually designed to make doctors’ lives easier? (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) If medical school curricula were based on what a recent study says many doctors actually do with their time, more than half of medical school would be on how to do paperwork.

I’m going to make a bold statement: The majority of articles on how to identify introverts and extroverts are wrong. In my own company (like many others), the greatest members embody the characteristics of both. The classic advice has us mislabeled. So here’s my proposal: Why use these labels at all? If you were to watch the majority of my leadership team in a meeting, for example, you’d say they’re introverts. They’re neither loud nor gregarious.

By Mara Swan Shutterstock When new skills become in demand as fast as others become extinct, employability is less about what you already know and more about your capacity to learn. It requires a new mindset for both employers trying to develop a workforce with the right skillsets, and for individuals seeking to advance their careers. It’s time to take a fresh look at how we motivate, develop and retain employees.

MIAMI, FL – NOVEMBER 24: Jesus Gutierrez puts a low price dollar sign together at a Walmart store as they prepare for Black Friday shoppers on November 24, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) With an eye on Wall Street, Walmart has announced that it will centralize some functions leading to the elimination of 7,000 back office and support positions throughout its domestic chain. It sounds like Walmart is cutting a lot of people, but in fact it is less than 0.

Traders work near the post that handles EMC Corp. on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. Dell is buying data storage company EMC in a deal valued at approximately $67 billion. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) EMC has been one of the best kept secrets in tech. Even in the 1990s, when it was the second most successful stock on Wall Street, just behind Dell, it has remained relatively unknown.