by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, psychology, workplace
March 5, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver We all want to do well on the job, right? But how often do we get ourselves into a real pickle – instead of being thought of as a go to person, stay away from me is tattooed on our forehead. “Nobody wants to be in that category,”...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, medicine
January 19, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver COVID-19 vaccinations are here. What if you don’t want to get one, but your employer says, “No shot, no job?” Is there a way that the business world and government can encourage taking the vaccination voluntarily as opposed to...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, insurance
November 13, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “After I graduated college with a degree in media and marketing, I was hired as a claims adjuster trainee by a mid-west-based property insurance company. The training was great and I just knew that I was working for a company that...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, insurance, psychology
October 9, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I recently hired Amy, a 45 year old, knowledgeable insurance broker who brought her clients to us. While competent, we discovered one major flaw; she is horribly sarcastic to everyone on her team, and it isn’t funny, it is hurtful....
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, workplace
August 28, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Jesus” phoned, wanting to speak with me. Anne, my paralegal, buzzed me, saying, “There is a guy on the phone who wants to talk with you but I can’t understand him.” It required every ounce of patience to make out what he was saying....
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment
May 8, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Note: This article was written before the country went into shut down. While employment in the United States is at an historic high–with unemployment at one of the lowest levels ever seen–“Still something is wrong at work, there is a...