The Kansas City Star

Sheila Wellington understands the importance of mentors. One changed her life. In the 1970s, Wellington was the deputy director of a Yale University mental health facility. When her boss left...

You hate your boss, a slime pit of a manager who has made you and your co-workers miserable. But now you're headed for a new job in a stable, stress-free...

A strong regional dialect or foreign accent can obstruct career paths. Fair or not, most businesses, especially in the customer-service sector, want employees who can be the most easily understood...

Layoffs, especially in the dot-com world, are getting a lot of headlines. There also is news of job losses because of outsourcing or U.S. companies moving production abroad. Whether your...

What do you get when you bring together six highly trained women in search of a business? Answer: Fourteen children, numerous skills and a new company-- OrganizeMeNow. The women, three...

You are a "change agent." A new project has been dumped in your lap. Your boss expects you to be the leader who makes things happen. Congratulations. The end result...

Most parents do a fine job of meeting their children's needs. They give them food, shelter, love. But parents should add one more thing to that list, says author Christine...

Job hunters sometimes spend hours agonizing over their resumes and then forget that their cover letters may be even more important. They wonder: Do I even have to write a...

The doors around Merrion Square line up like the paints in a preschooler's watercolor tray: red and green and blue and pink and yellow and black. I'm quite intrigued and...

It is a charming Bob Mackie moment. He grins his boyish grin and looks around at the assemblage of his designs of the last 35 years. "It feels good now...