Mikal E. Belicove

Tag: Managing Employees

  • When Employees Become the Competition

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    While traveling in Pennsylvania recently, I stopped off in Pittsburgh to visit Nick Vacco, a serial entrepreneur. Vacco’s 13-year-old company, Detail King, is an auto-detailer training company. Vacco got his start in college when he ran an auto-detailing business out of the trunk of his car. While touring his training facility, I overheard a student…

  • When Facebook’s ‘Like’ Pushes the Wrong Button with Employers

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    As a transitive verb, Merriam-Webster describes “like” as “feeling attraction toward or taking pleasure in.” To a 15-year-old girl, the word “like” is a filler used as often as three times in each spoken sentence. To most people, “like” is a lighthearted word, a happy word. So at what point does clicking “Like” on a…

  • Why Social Media May Weaken the Moral Fiber of Your Workplace

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    Much is said about the benefits of social media for businesses, but what about the drawbacks? Though we’ve long heard about the productivity drain among employees who use social media at work, a new downside is getting some attention: ethical violations. Active social networkers in the office — those who spend 30 percent or more…

  • How to Protect Your Business from a Rogue Employee

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    Days before Christmas, a New York glass installer who admitted he uploaded an unfinished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine to the Internet, received a one-year sentence in federal prison from a U.S. District Court judge who termed his actions “extremely serious.” It’s a sad story for Gilbert Sanchez, the glass installer, but what, you ask,…

  • 10 Gifts Entrepreneurs Can Give to Staffers

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    Even though there are less than two weeks remaining on the clock until Christmas, it’s very possible you forgot to order gifts for your staff. Not to worry. Here’s a quick and dirty list of simple business-appropriate delights that should fill the bill. And rest easy. I took it upon myself to personally test each…