Just read a little bit about the #1 Best Small Company to Work for in America for 2009. (Third time they are #1!) Based on their news, they seem to be doing all right in the business world, in addition to being liked by their employees. One comment from Beth Nighbor, the HR leader for [...]
Stimulating Stimulus… Are you sick of the stimulus debate and reporting? I wish we could just get through with it. I will admit, I think it is more of a “spendulus” bill than a stimulus bill. I think it is an opportunity for those who believe government is the answer to all problems, to be [...]
Here is a great example of a business leader and employees working together, in tough times, to meet the best interests of everyone. I’ve written here about alternatives to layoffs. Reduced workweeks, and reduced pay, is one way to deal with declining demand but high employee cost. That is exactly what Vision Land Consultants has [...]
Who Wins? How well do your teams work together? Are your people focused on the same goals or, like most groups, does a bit of personal or hidden agenda creep into their team dynamics and create dysfunction? We just had the culmination of the American Football season with the Superbowl where – on the basis [...]
Another List, Another Answer I hate lists like this. I’m guilty of making my own, so I probably don’t have room to talk, but when I see these, they jump out at me as another guaranteed solution to global problems, that won’t work. “Eight ways,” “Five Focus Areas,” “Seven Steps” – What to choose… As [...]
A Boy and His Dog – But Unlike Any Other! As I was eating breakfast this morning I read this story in the Lexington Herald-Leader: “A boy with autism and his dog find a world in common” I’m not sure what I could say about this beyond the fact that I’m amazed at the intelligence [...]
I Love This band I’m listening to one of my favorite bands right now as I’m thinking about this topic… I wonder how many bands never really make it big for whatever reason? I mean, let’s take out the variable of talent — you can’t imagine how many people I’ve heard sing or play an [...]
First of all I have to say I love the name of the site: SNOBS – Social Network for Opportunistic Businesswomen. There doesn’t seem to be any doubt what it’s about. It also looks like they have some excellent information on it. Including this post about engaging your workforce. The author, Karen Schmidt, comments on [...]
I have to disagree with my colleague blogger, Kip Goldhammer. He wrote today that business ethics are a matter of balance. I agree with him that “One of the serious problems that businesses face these days is [tag]business ethics[/tag] problems.” But that’s about as far as we see eye-to-eye. Mr. Goldhammer explains that “these problems [...]
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