By allowing workers to unionize immediately, EFCA would match, on workers' behalf, the unilateral power now held exclusively by management. With that possibility looming, poorly managed firms - and take it from a management consultant, they are everywhere - would get a game-changing moment of clarity, an opportunity to truly partner with workers -...
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Need a Fourth? Don’t Call Donny! Donny Deutsch was incredulous. Deutsch appeared last Thursday on a Larry King-hosted sausage party to analyze – in advance, what else?? – Tiger Woods’ attempt to manipulate the media the very next day. The ad guru simply couldn’t wrap his brain around The Big Idea – proffered by Golf Channel reporter Jim Gray...
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I’ve been playing hooky in California for the past week and a half. Oh yeah, and getting committed. Shari and I tied the knot – to the extent that we’re both willing, that is, until this country joins the 21st Century and recognizes the right of any couple to marry. I’ll remain here a...
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So, what is this “tea party” movement, anyway? Are they a bunch of coiffed, gently-bred, stuck in the 1960′s conservative, southern ladies on an afternoon outing? Or a radical extremist group ready to dump the latest cause into the nearest harbor? What do they stand for? Leadership, no leadership? Do they wanna be part of the...
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By Steve Oskie “Who are you under all that hair?” Sheldon stared at her. Strangers usually ignored him when he picked through the trash. “And layers of filth from the street?” he replied. “I beg your pardon?” Her beauty was disarming, but Sheldon had a remedy for it. “If you speak to me, do...
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Relax. It’s the same Malcontent you’re used to – only different. Taking our tag line to heart, we’re working to make our look and functionality better. As we do, you may notice times when access to the site as a whole is spotty, or perhaps some trouble linking to particular pages. Please bear with us. We’re equally excited...
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