Econ Comments & Analysis
Politico | Staff empowerment is key to manager success
If you are a congressional staff director for 14 years, as I was, you will have a lot of opportunities to learn from your mistakes. It is better, though, to learn from the experiences of other managers and from books on best management practices. To the sound advice you can obtain this way, I would add the following suggestions:
Blogs
WSJ | Layoffs Drop, but Hiring Still Languishes
The number of workers being laid off is steadily declining. The Labor Department said Thursday that new filings for jobless benefits last week unexpectedly dropped 10,000 to 332,000, the fourth drop in five weeks. The four-week moving average, which smooths out volatility, is at its lowest level in five years.
