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If you're ambitious and enjoy your work, but no job in the corporate world seems quite right, you may want to try consulting. Many people get into consulting because they...

As a child, Nicole Termini spent hours at the public library in suburban New Jersey, searching the stacks for her favorite authors--Madeleine L'Engle, C.S. Lewis and Ray Bradbury. Sometimes, she...

In some jobs, if you don't know the difference between a birdie and a bogey or a hook and a slice, you just might have a huge handicap. Suzanne Woo,...

There are bad bosses. Then there are evil bosses. Often workers will go into a state of guilt or denial when they are confronted with a truly evil manager, said...

When Coca-Cola came out with the New Coke years ago, it was one of corporate America's greatest blunders. But it also turned out to be a huge success, author Richard...

A new book argues that workers and companies often fail or flounder because ego problems lead to overconfidence, self-absorption and defensiveness. "There's a big perception problem," said Steve Smith, co-author...

Is your boss giving you unrealistic deadlines? Author Barry Flicker said many workers will complain, get into an argument with the boss, then be ordered to meet the deadline anyway....

As far as management guru Stephen R. Covey is concerned, workers are far less productive than they could be--partly because they don't have the proper skills, but mostly because their...

Renee Grant-Williams helps executives speak and Faith Hill sing. So what would a prominent voice coach like her recommend for ordinary workers? Silence. No, you don't have to have your...

Fox's highly acclaimed but ratings-challenged "24" is coming back next season, but the clock will probably stop and the format will likely change. Although the network hasn't announced it officially,...