“Per diem” or day rate is a fixed amount of reimbursement paid to employees for daily lodging, meals and incidental expenses incurred during business-related travel. The rates are set each year by the General Services Administration (GSA) for destinations within the Continental U.S.; non-foreign rates (e.g., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam) are set by […]
If you look up productivity tips, you will notice that the Internet is flooded with them. There are dozens of experts online that want to share the information that they have discovered, and they make lists, articles and infographics. They want you to know how to be productive. Unfortunately, these lists are packed with humdrum […]
Establishing a mentorship program can help businesses grow, employees succeed and executives lead more effectively. A significant majority of women — 63 percent — have never had a formal mentor in their career. It goes (almost) without saying that everyone in the global-business community can contribute to decreasing that number. I was lucky enough to enter […]
Any successful leader will tell you, it’s not easy at the top – and, well, it’s not all fun and games on the way up either! Many leading entrepreneurs start out with little or no financial backing and even less moral support, because let’s face it – as a society, we still value security, acceptance […]
This article by Deb Liu at Entrepreneur.com offers valuable insight into effective strategies to provide useful employee feedback. Feedback is sometimes hard to hear and to give, but when given in the spirit of support, it is a gift beyond measure. Giving effective feedback is an essential management skill that can define the trajectory of a person, a […]