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Ask A Manager

Ask a Manager: Responding to your boss' feedback

by David Brancaccio
Nov 27, 2018
You may not like your supervisor's input, but it's important to stay calm and not get defensive.
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Who’s the boss? Majority of Americans (finally) don’t care if their boss is a man or a woman

by Jana Kasperkevic
Nov 17, 2017
Women are less likely to prefer male bosses than before.
(L to R) Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, Larry Page, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google), Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, Vice President Mike Pence listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of technology executives at Trump Tower on December 2016 in New York City.
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One in five U.S. workers are exposed to a hostile work environment

by Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 17, 2017
Workers who frequently interact with customers were more likely to experience abuse or harassment.
Workers have been exposed to verbal abuse, unwanted sexual attention, threats, or humiliating behavior. 
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For companies, bad reputations come at a cost

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 21, 2017
Most people don’t want to work at companies with bad reputations — unless they get a big paycheck.
It would take more than a 50 percent pay bump for people to go work at a company with a bad reputation.
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Who’s the boss? When employees' needs come first

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 12, 2017
Servant leadership, a concept that emerged in the 1970s, is gaining in popularity with millennial employees and bosses
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Yes, those sexual harassment training videos are terrible

by Jana Kasperkevic
May 30, 2017
Even the government agrees.
Workplace culture has evolved, but sexual harassment training has changed little over the years.
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I just copied your boss on this email

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 20, 2017
Cc'ing supervisors erodes trust between co-workers, a new study says.
Some co-workers use email's cc function as a weapon.
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How to manage talent, like a boss

by Mark Garrison
Feb 26, 2016
Why letting your employee leave may be more important than retaining them.
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Final Note

New report finds 64 percent of managers "disengaged"

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 2, 2015
A new poll out from Gallup says half of all employees in this country have, at some point or another, quit their jobs to get away from a bad boss.
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