Human Research

There isn't a person alive who hasn't said something in the heat of an argument that s/he didn't really mean. Often times it's a threat; a parent threatens too big a consequence or a spouse threatens to leave. Issued too often, these empty threats can certainly undermine a parent's authority or a spouse's credibility. However, all parties involved usually know the likelihood - often very slim - that the threatener will actually follow through.

Your manager finally sits down with Employee A to discuss her lack of clothing in the workplace. Instead of the satisfactory resolution you envision, she responds by complaining of sexually harassing comments by several of her coworkers.

According to the US Small Business Administration (SBA), about half of all small firms in the US survive at least five years. Not a bad number. However, on the flip side about half fail. Not such a great number when you view it from that side. Does it mean we shouldn't take the plunge? Absolutely not. Does it mean we need to be cautious in how we do it - and in how quickly we expand our offerings, services, staffs, and offices? Definitely. Fifty percent isn't that bad, but it isn't a huge confidence booster so we must proceed carefully.

With the Internet at their finger tips, millennials see innovative new ideas every day. We're used to trying new things and seeing what works. And we value freedom of expression. If one of your millennial employees suggests a new way to do things, and you reject their idea, you should have a better reason that €We're going to do it this way because the company has always done it this way.€

An article (abbreviated ART) is a word (or prefix or suffix) that is with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope. The articles in the English language are the and a/an, and (in some contexts) some. 'An' and 'a' are modern forms of the Old English 'an', which in Anglian dialects was the number 'one' (compare 'on', in Saxon dialects) and survived into Modern Scots as the number 'ane'. Both 'on' (respelled 'one' by the Normans) and 'an' survived into Modern English, with 'one' used as the number and 'an' ('a', before nouns that begin with a consonant sound) as an indefinite article.