I would say one of the biggest mistakes managers and especially entrepreneurs that start hiring people make, is assuming everyone gets what they are supposed to do! These suggestions work well in a larger, corporate environment where everyone has a specific job description, etc. Most of my working life has been spent working in companies with under ten employees and now for myself! I can attest to the fact that in addition to these rules for interpersonal management, actually knowing what you want your people to accomplish and figuring out how best they can accomplish that is a major factor many, many small business people utterly fail at!

Rick Santorum is the misogynist! Honestly, I love my daughter and I'm glad I had her - but I have responsibilities to the "me" that will still be around (hopefully) long after she is no longer my direct responsibility. Women are not simply wombs walking around, dabbling in hobbies, waiting for the childbearing years to come along and 'make them whole'. That retrograde, religious-sponsored type thinking will do nothing to secure the place of many people in our current environment. If individuals indeed feel that way, so be it. But to know someone looking to be put in charge of public policy on the highest level feels this strongly about it? Well, let's just say sometimes I understand where the 'why bother voting' crowd gets it's opinions.

I hear you! My daughter is a type 1 diabetic, too! So the smallest thing will make me feel like I've somehow harmed her for life. Kids are resilient but sometimes I wonder how resilient the sanity of moms must be?!