Recent articles on leadership from around the web…

• Overtime with a Smile
  Want to get your employees to work weekends with a smile?  Put a washing machine in the office. Knowledge@Wharton peels back the covers of Google’s employee perks and reveals a ploy to blur the work/life boundary.
• Keeping Coffee on the ‘Life’ Side of the Work/Life Balance
  Here’s one employee perk that employees refuse to let cross the line: gourmet coffee.  As the Career Journal notes, even with easy access to gourmet coffee, employees still want to get away for the coffee breaks.
• Reading In Traffic May Be Dangerous to Your Health
  A few of us Blackberry owners might need a reminder to look both ways before crossing the street. The New York Times takes a look at the multi-taskers of Manhattan and discovers that we are putting our lives at risk.
• Dealing With Jerks
  Forget bad apples.  How do you deal with a boss or coworker who’s just a plain old-fashioned jerk?  The Houston Chronicle gives us some answers.

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