Attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia called for the Federal Trade Commission to consider prohibiting employee noncompete, non-solicitation and no-poach agreements. At a minimum, they urged the FTC to consider bans on intra-franchise no-poach agreements, noncompete agreements for low-wage workers and a ban on noncompetes involving “multi-sided platforms” such as human…
Category: Management Tip
Media and Advertising: Do Media Sales Organizations Understand (Or Care About) The Advertiser's Needs Anymore?
Media companies today are quickly losing touch with the needs of the advertiser.
Management Tip: Mean-Spirited Managers
You know it’s pretty amazing that when some people come to "power" (as in getting promoted to management) they suddenly become a horse’s derrière.
UPDATE: A lawyer reveals what to do when your boss demands you sign a non-compete agreement
One in five U.S. workers are covered by non-competition and non-solicitation agreements Non-competition and non-solicitation agreements are designed to protect employers from unfair competition by a former employee, and they are no longer just for CEOs and other highly paid professionals. Non-compete and non-solicitation agreements are now being used for lower-wage employees such as janitors.…
Management Tip: Do You Have A Skeptic on your Team?
Do you have someone on your staff that seems like he or she always has the knack to quickly and accurately size up a situation, but at the same time this person always seems somewhat skeptical of some of the company’s decisions?
Management and Marketing Tip: The Pareto Principle...
The Pareto Principle is also called the "80-20" and "Vital Few and Trivial Many" rule.
Send Noncompete Agreements Back to the Middle Ages
The free flow of employees and ideas encourages innovation. Just ask Silicon Valley. Noncompete agreements, once restricted to tech workers and high-level executives, have become commonplace among ordinary workers, including security guards, home health aides or hair stylists. If history is any guide, the spread of these contracts could have far-reaching negative implications for the…
Bad Management Behaviors
We all need to gripe about our boss now and then. And managers, you’re kidding yourself if you don’t think you are the subject of your employee’s dinner time conversation once in a while. It comes with the job. Most managers are decent, hardworking human beings with the best of intentions. But no manager is…
15 unmistakable qualities of a bad manager
Your manager typically has a HUGE influence on what your job actually looks like from day-to-day, and what your career path will be in the future. There’s a quite popular saying that goes: “employees don’t quit their jobs, they quit their managers.” And there’s a lot of truth in that saying if you think about…
Sales Management Tip: The Value of Having a Dynamic Account List Management System
Many businesses that employ a sales force do not realize the importance of having a dynamic account list management system.