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, […]
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 […]