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You're no room decorator, and you have bigger things to worry about than how the officer furniture is arranged. And yet, these matters could have a significant impact on how well your employees work. Read more...

The work environment is changing rapidly, driven by advances in technology and evolving business exigencies. The workforce is much more mobile and dispersed than even a few years ago, giving new Read more...

You've been forced to lay off perfectly fine IT employees and you have had to ask the remaining staff to pick up their load. Times are uncertain for everyone. It's essential to maintain a good work Read more...

Good managers know how to feed and care for their best workers, making them happy and offering them challenges and opportunities to grow. "The best employees are being recruited at any given time," Read more...

Getting ahead in the IT world is not always easy. Like any work environment, there are internal politics, changing conditions and sometimes few opportunities for advancement. CIOs and IT recruiters Read more...

It's hard enough to teach the IT staff how to make things work. It's even harder to make sure the Human Resources Department understands the needs of the IT workforce, according to a Deloitte survey, Read more...

It's hard enough just doing your job as CIO, but there is one task you need to include in your job description: How to motivate your workers. Most of the techniques in play these days were Read more...

Recruiting the wrong people can have widespread repercussions in terms of cost to the business. How can you ensure that you've found the right person for the job? Advertising for candidates with Read more...

An effective CIO needs a top-notch assistant, but good help can be hard to find--and to keep. Great assistants take pride in anticipating what executives need before they need it, being organized Read more...

Managers' decisions always affect staff, even those decisions that managers may consider harmless or insignificant. Moreover, these decisions often have a cumulative effect. They prove deleterious Read more...