April 18, 2024 More trouble for Tesla: Layoffs, severance snafu, and a painful stock downgrade The EV maker saw its shares flirt with 52-week lows on Thursday as its troubles continued to mount. BY Ellie Stevens In an email obtained by CNBC Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk informed staffers that the severance packages sent to some … Continue reading More trouble for Tesla: Layoffs, severance snafu, and a painful stock downgrade
By Sam Becker April 07, 2023 If you’re one of the millions of U.S. taxpayers who have waited months or years to speak with an IRS agent, get an update on your filing status, or receive a refund, the tax man has some good news for you. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) … Continue reading IRS says it’s doing these 5 things to make filing taxes less painful, but don’t expect miracles overnight
Arik Hanson May 28, 2021 Ask any social media marketer who works for a larger organization the most painful part of their jobs and almost all of them will respond with the same answer: The content approval process. Most companies turn what should be a relatively easy, simple process into one of the most painful, … Continue reading 3 Ideas to Making Social Media Content Approval Processes a Little Less Painful
Karl Sakas — January 24, 2018 Follow @KarlSakas — January 24, 2018 Here’s how to make client reporting better! Earlier in my career, I created market share reports each quarter. My predecessor spent eight weeks a year on this task. I revamped her process—and cut timeline by 80%, from two weeks a quarter to two … Continue reading Client Reporting: How to Make It Less Painful (and More Profitable)
Michael Heller — April 27, 2017 — April 27, 2017 For HR Professionals and Managers, year-end can mean painful performance review time. And this is exacerbated if you are one of the 52% of companies that conducts annual reviews. Why? Because you’re forced to remember everything Tim from financial operations did since last year at … Continue reading Painful End of the Year Reviews
by Scott PattenOctober 15, 2016 As a professional who has chosen marketing strategy as a career discipline, I must admit that I still have a tendency to cringe at the word “strategic” as much as anyone. The word “strategy” is so often misused to represent everything from tactics to a dressed up budget to lofty, … Continue reading Strategic Planning Doesn’t Have to Be Painful
by Liz KislikSeptember 13, 2016 I just got a call from a senior leader: A community outreach staffer was causing his management team some consternation. When he was hired 18 months ago, he’d approached every job with zest, volunteered for extra responsibilities, and was considered a standout contributor. But he no longer seemed as engaged, … Continue reading The Painful Responsibility of Staff Failure
James ClearSeptember 14, 2015 Before I became an entrepreneur, I went to business school. While studying for my MBA, there was one lesson that I learned which has proved to be useful over and over again in my life. I was sitting in a marketing class and we were discussing ways to design a wonderful … Continue reading Do The Painful Things First
Jamie NicholJune 3, 2015 Performance reviews can be rough. They are enough to make a confident manager feel anxious and competent employees doubt their contributions. Nobody, and I really mean nobody, looks forward to performance reviews. While some of those feelings are inevitable, there are a few things you can do to make the process … Continue reading 4 Tactics To Make Performance Reviews Less Painful
David AndersenApril 18, 2015 In many ways, your contact list is a long-term romantic relationship. Both parties, you and your customers, get to know the ins and outs of your respective personalities. Contacts first sign up because they’re attracted to your content and trust that your offer is relevant and provides value. It’s love at … Continue reading Email Inactives Doesn’t Have To End In A Painful Breakup
