Author: Robert Bacal

Site owner, author, management consultant, trainer, specializing in dealing with difficult, angry, and hostile people.

Teachers Are From Pluto, Parents From Mercury, and It’s The Children Who Suffer

With the beginning of the school year, the “war” between parents and teachers begins anew. Both parents and teachers have the same ultimate goal: To provide the best education possible to students going to schools, which is a good thing,…

Your Shopping Choices

Welcome to the Bacal & Associates Work and Personal Development Store. Here you can find help with tons of personal and work related problems and issues. While we charge for many items you will also find some free items, which…

Should Performance Reviews Be “Fun”? One Vendor Thinks So

OK, I get that its marketing. Almost anything to grab attention. Still, I was surprised to come across the following ad on Google search results from Halogen Software, a major company that sells automation software for performance reviews. I am…

11 Simple, Yet Profound Perspectives To Make Performance Management Work

My quick guide to performance management, Making Performance Management and Appraisal VALUABLE: Walking The Path Together contains 86 tips on how to make performance management both effective and how to remove the sense of confrontation and feelings of discomfort. Here are…

Welcome to our 2024 Edition

Welcome to our 2024 version of The Bacal & Associates Personal and Work Store. It’s more than a store, since we’ll have tons of free material on all kinds of topics, both work, and personal development. As you can see,…