Retailers are warming to new "on-the-go meal in a bottle" created, marketed by two Houston, TX women.

The product combines automated exit interviews, surveys of surviving employees, risk assessment, a severance calculator and a variety of other capabilities intended to help organizations deal with the repercussions of reductions in force (RIFs).

The framework, called the Marketing PR Lead-Gen Process(sm) is a three-step process focusing on infrastructure, content and promotion - paying heed to both traditional and Web 2.0 marketing and public relations principles.

Today, business leaders are focused on team success, persuasion and influence with an emphasis on coaching over managing.

Put simply, it is placing a marketing message on a transactional document like an invoice or statement.

Using staggered hours, short shifts gaining favor.

Two pundits argue that sales people are hiding their roles by claiming to be consultants.

Self-promotion is one of the keys to advancement often overlooked by managers.

Aligning personal goals with career goals has never been more difficult than it is today.

Although people know that relationships matter in business, most believe that logic, numbers, and facts are what really count.