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An employee writes code during a boot camp at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on March 12, 2012.

Clarify division of labor to end overwork

Q: I work for a very demanding boss who apparently feels that I can handle any task in the office. He assigns all the extra work to me instead of...
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The greener office

In honor of the annual Earth Day observance, here are things each of us can do to be friendlier to Mother Earth. Whether we're employed by someone, working for ourselves,...
Employees at Hallmark grab their lunch from the service line on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, in Kansas City, Missouri. If you're new at your job and want to encourage change, from the cafeteria to the CEO's office, there's a right and wrong way to do it.

Proposing changes as an office newbie

Q: Since joining this company a few weeks ago, I have noticed a lot of areas that need improvement. However, I'm not sure how honest I should be in sharing...
You may have more luck holding people's attention at meetings if you hold off on the handouts, because it's difficult to read and listen at the same time.

Do you need those handouts?

The second you hand someone something to read, that person is going to read it and stop listening to what you're saying. If there's one message from Jana Memel that...
Kirsten Renaud attends to her dog "Ranger" while shopping at The Mall at Partridge Creek in Clinton Township, Michigan, April 4, 2012. Customers are permitted to bring their dogs to the mall, which has several comfort stations with water and sanitation supplies.

Power to the pooch

DETROIT — Partridge Creek mall store owners enjoy its dog-friendly policy almost as much as the dog owners who shop there. "People really enjoy it, it brings more customers in,"...
Small business owners like Linda Carmona-Sanchez, left, and Michael Murray, Miami residents, participate in a free course on promoting your website offered by Google, April 4, 2012. Carmona-Sanchez attended the workshop in Miami to create a website for her alliance of child-care providers (childcareflorida.org).

Moms are building mini-empires online

I recently sat in awe in a room full of women — most of them moms — who are powerful influencers reaching giant audiences. They are doing that through a...
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Freedom of speech at work

It's an election year. People talk politics in the workplace. And why not? We have freedom of speech. Well, not necessarily. You may be shocked to learn that a constitutionally...
Caregiver Marilyn Herrin, 68, left, assists her brother Bob Herrin, 74, with his seatbelt outside the C.C. Young Continuing Care Retirement Community in Dallas, Texas, March 17, 2011. Marilyn who has been taking care of her 96-year-old mother Mary Herrin and her brother recommends that caregivers seek out free services that are offered by community organizations and agencies.

Workers need help with elder care

About 1 in 6 workers has elder care responsibilities of some kind, and given longer life expectancies, that share is likely to grow. Workplaces have spent a lot more effort...