Perspectives

Just as with contacting people at home at night, there used to be a rule against contacting people except in cases of dire emergency, when they were on vacation. This might have stemmed from the difficulty of actually contacting people when they were away from the...

If you were a manager 30 years ago, you would never ever think of calling an employee about a work issue on the telephone at night. In fact, in all of my working life, I can’t remember ever getting a phone call from a co-worker about work, in the evening. It was one...

In general, 30 years ago the concept of working long hours was something that was ordinary and part of the general business environment. There were periods of time where people were needed to put in extra long hours to get something done and if you were a salaried...

Research from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that U.S. corporate hierarchies have become flatter over the past two decades. Not only have CEOs been increasing the number of their direct reports but the number of middle managers has been declining. “The...

In 2010, Cisco conducted a worldwide study that found that three out of five workers believe that it is no longer necessary to be in the office to be productive. Furthermore, two thirds of the workers polled said they would take a lower paying job if it meant that...