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A competitive spirit within any organization–business or research lab–is only fostered when management is trusted and members of that organization feel that their talents and contributions are appreciated and nurtured. Create that atmosphere and winning will happen.
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Axing workers doesn't necessarily make a business lean and mean, says Harvard's Freek Vermeulen.
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In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created a mathematical formula to describe the unequal distribution of wealth in his country, observing that twenty percent of the people owned eighty percent of the wealth. In the late 1940s, Dr. Joseph M.
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The CEO of Gucci says managers need to stay confident, calm, and focused with employees.
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Employers are required to provide a chemical hygiene plan under 29 CFR 1910.1450 to ensure the protection of lab employees.
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Generation Y has a lot of great traits, but classic, top-down leadership is not one of them. This is not a surprise: Because gen Y is the great teamwork generation. They did book reports in teams, they went to prom in teams, and they are notorious for quitting jobs in teams. Here are five traits of leadership in the new millennium.
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Progressive companies will shift to recovery mode before rivals by tracking the key leading indicators and developing a strategic plan.
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Eye injuries may be more common in the workplace than youd expect. Consider that an estimated 1,000 eye injuries occur every day in American workplaces. Add up all the lost production time, medical expenses and worker compensation claims, and the est
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The recession pushes some to work harder than ever, but overextending yourself won't save your job, and it's unethical too, writes the Ethics Guy.
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Work can be a stressful place, wherever you earn your living, whether in an office, a factory, or a school. Some stress is good. It motivates us and makes us stronger. Too much stress is bad. It makes us irrational and it can, quite literally, kill us.
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Social networking sites allow recruiters to establish relationships with candidates while promoting their company and leveraging relationships into placements down the road.
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Virtually all labs have established procedures for managing their chemical inventories, but they may be outdated or the staff may be uninformed or poorly trained.
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