College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses how to manage employees that refuse to follow the rules. Read THE RULES DON’T APPLY TO ME. Every organization has rules. Maybe in your organization they are called protocols or processes or workflows. But they exist. And they exist, most of the […]
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses the advantages of having fewer employees. Read A SMALL TEAM CAN BE ENOUGH. A FRIEND’S volleyball team recently won a national championship. As I watched the elite eight, the commentator kept reminding us that the team had only 10 players. That is […]
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star explores UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AND ASSUMPTIONS. We’re hearing more and more about unconscious bias in the workplace. That’s caused me to think about where I have seen and, unfortunately, continue to see, assumptions made because of unconscious bias. First, what is unconscious bias? It […]
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star explores how business owners should manage the people who handle the books. Read TRUST, BUT VERIFY. TOO OFTEN, I read about organizations that have employees embezzle money. In the last year in my community, an organization had it happen to them for the […]
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star tackles how to navigate boss-employee workplace friendships. Read FRIENDLY, NOT FRIENDS. YOU’RE THE BOSS in your organization. How do you interact with your employees? Are you friends with your staff or just friendly? How did you become the boss? In many organizations, […]