Many people feel "stuck" these days. They feel powerless as they struggle to do much more work with available resources, and wonder if their career has hit a dead end with this rough economy. interviewed John Baldoni recently MORE

These days it seems impossible to keep employees happy. About 60% of 900 employees surveyed by Right Management said they’re leaving once the economic situation eases up and 21% are ‘networking’. Derek Irvine from Globoforce makes a compelling case for lack of recognition and overwork as top reasons for leaving. According to Peter Cappelli on HRE , the reason people leave is because their rewards don’t match their expectations and are therefore perceived as ‘unfair’. (In other words, people believe or are told they performed better than others but the rewards tell a different story.). Perhaps. MORE

I am the manager of an administrative team of seven people plus myself. Next year I am going to have to lay off one of my people for poor performance and inability to work as independently as the job requires. She's been informed of her poor performance but doesn't seem to understand that we are serious. She has been in this position for about six years. Because of rules in our state institution, we are required to give her at least three months notice. Sending her home and paying her for three months isn't an option. Her performance issues aren't evident to them. If not, put her on one now. MORE

Marketwatch''s annual survey named Des Moines the best city to do business. The survey included metro areas with more than 500,000 people and Des Moines beat out cities such as Washington D.C., Omaha, NE., and Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. ReviewSNAP is proud to be part of this great business city. Business Des Moines Reviewsnap MORE

I work for a small family-run company. Upper management is all related, middle management and lower is not. The owner is a porn addict. One of my employees, "Lisa", complained about his porn within her view on occasion and said she was offended. tried several methods to resolve this issue without direct confrontation as I found out that another employee in the past was conveniently terminated shortly after voicing her complaint. That said, the end result was that I had to move Lisa to another area. Since the move, she disclosed to me that she has a mental illness. Do you have any advice for me? MORE

After almost a year of effort we just released our first-ever Talent Management Systems Customer Satisfaction research. We will be publishing this annually, with next year’s results to. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

I am the manager of an administrative team of seven people plus myself. Next year I am going to have to lay off one of my people for poor performance and inability to work as independently as the job requires. She's been informed of her poor performance but doesn't seem to understand that we are serious. She has been in this position for about six years. Because of rules in our state institution, we are required to give her at least three months notice. Sending her home and paying her for three months isn't an option. Her performance issues aren't evident to them. If not, put her on one now. MORE

What-Matters-Now. Seth Godin recently released a free eBook titled “What Matters Now” – it is a collaborative effort of 70 great thinkers who have presented brilliant ideas that will truly shake you up to think deep and wide as we MORE

I work for a small family-run company. Upper management is all related, middle management and lower is not. The owner is a porn addict. One of my employees, "Lisa", complained about his porn within her view on occasion and said she was offended. tried several methods to resolve this issue without direct confrontation as I found out that another employee in the past was conveniently terminated shortly after voicing her complaint. That said, the end result was that I had to move Lisa to another area. Since the move, she disclosed to me that she has a mental illness. Do you have any advice for me? MORE