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In their new book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves suggest 58% of performance is due to EQ, and they show you how to make it work. Bradberry and Greaves are co-founders of TalentSmart®, a leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training. Here are some of their recommendations for putting emotional intelligence […]
By Ingrid Anton and Isabelle Dongier As we mentioned in a November article, most foreign workers require a work permit to legally work in Canada. And to get a work permit for a foreign worker, the prospective Canadian employer must first obtain a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from the Department of Human Resources and Skills […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented HR tips from So Sue Me, Jackass, a new book by Amy Epstein Feldman and Robin Epstein. Today, we’ll get their take on sexual harassment, and take a look at a lawsuit preventer—the HR audit. Feldman is a nationally syndicated legal correspondent and general counsel of the Judge Group, Inc. […]
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on January 4. 1. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel. 2. […]
Think you have the right of free speech in the office? You’re making the classic fourth-grade mistake, say Amy Epstein Feldman and Robin Epstein, authors of the new book, So Sue Me, Jackass. Attorney Feldman is a nationally syndicated legal correspondent and general counsel of the Judge Group, Inc. Epstein is a writer and professor […]