College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star tackles how to have tactful conversations with students and employees about body odor and other smells in the workplace. Read DISTRACTING ODORS. In the space of one week, I had the following experiences: While walking on campus one morning, I was behind a […]
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses how organizations can support those working behind the scenes. Read INVISIBLE WORKERS. WHILE MANY people may think senior executives are the most important employees in any organization, I know better. It’s the staff. It’s especially the staff who are the lowest paid, but […]
The Free Lance-Star newspaper highlighted a new study by College of Business Professor Lance Gentry. According to the article, Gentry discovered that “the two fastest-growing trends in the region appear on to be somewhat contradictory: A growing number of area residents are working from home (now over 5 percent) or commuting 90 minutes or more […]
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses how businesses can support and utilize the expertise of older employees. Read THE AGING WORKFORCE. I have several friends who, in the past couple of years, have lost their jobs. As these folks are close to my age, I’ve watched their job […]
As a freshman at Mary Washington, Pat Filippone ’88 knew right off the bat what he wanted to do with his life – build a career in professional baseball. He just didn’t know how. Four years later all that had changed, he told a crowd last week at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center.A bachelor’s degree […]
