Managing comes down to relationships. And relationships come down to communication. And yet, how many of us take a course on communication? It’s the most important skill any manager has to learn, and yet we have comparatively little formal education on it. The solution to that is if you, as a manager, haven’t taken a communication course yet, you should. But, in...

Hiring is arguably the most important part to building a winning team – an organization is only as strong as the talent of the people who work there. And a big part of hiring is interviewing. That said, I’ll let you in on a secret: humans are really, really bad interviewers. And, on top of that, all of us think we are really good interviewers. For proof, look no...

Mary Ellen Bowman’s senior year in college was a bit bumpy. It started off great – she got a job offer in November and accepted, ready to start in the spring, after graduation. And then, a week before her graduation, her employer called and told her some deflating news: the salary they offered her would be half of what they agreed upon. “I couldn't take that,”...