Work Place

• Tsunami warning - Workers who hunkered down through the worst of the recession may be ready to bolt....
• Can you expect a raise in 2010? - ...
• Employee training remains necessary expense for many - ...
• Best Places to Work: Employee-owners have a voice at Scott Insurance - The firm, which has offices in Lynchburg and Roanoke, formed a team of “culture champions” in 2009 to act as a sounding board for employees....
• Best Places to Work: Teamwork and personal development create winning environment at McDonough Bolyard Peck - The company's core values — teamwork, innovation, hard work, quality and community outreach — are printed on cards and given to each employee....
• Best Places to Work: Caring, community and connectedness foster job satisfaction at U.S. Cellular - The company gave nearly $78,000 in 2008 and 2009 to Roanoke nonprofit organizations....
• Best Places to Work: At LeClair Ryan, flexibility makes a case for happy employees - The company sponsors monthly birthday potluck luncheons, breakfasts on Friday mornings and diversity program “feasts” to celebrate the uniqueness of employees....
• Best Places to Work: At ITT, global and local giving boosts morale - In 2009, the company sent more than 800 cards to employees' family members and friends who have served in the nation’s armed forces...
• Best Places to Work: The judging process - The philosophies behind picking the winners was just as varied as the background of each of this year’s judges....
• Book Review - The Cost of Bad Behavior
  by Christine Pearson...
• Combating a crisis: expect the unexpected - You might not see danger coming, but you can preserve employee morale and the bottom line when the unexpected strikes...
• Managers, lighten up! - The old manager-centric hierarchy is giving way to a democratic, company-centric culture. Proponents of this new model argue that employee autonomy encourages creativity, electrifies productivity and is, well, a heck of a lot more fun...
• When it comes to workers’ compensation claims, nice guys finish first - ...