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Your Office Coach: Hard-nosed reviews can demotivate employees

Q: I have just started preparing performance reviews for my staff, but I am already anticipating an argument with my boss. Our appraisal form includes five ratings, with the middle one being "meets expectations." My manager never approves a higher rating than that for anyone, because he says employees are always expected to do their best.

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Liz Reyer: Scheduling at the holidays should be a team effort

Q: Last year we had a huge mess at the holidays, with too many people off work, not enough arrangements made for coverage, etc. After that we put together a plan to avoid that this year. Now that I'm implementing the plan, I'm accused of micromanaging. I feel like I can't win! What should I do?

Work/Life Balancing Act Blog

Is Amazon one step closer in coming to Miami?

Miami was rated as a possibility for Amazon's second headquarter.