It’s nice to see that mismanagement, at the most senior levels, is alive and thriving in corporate America. First we have HP laying off 25,000 people including employees who are bringing in a lot of business and then we have JC Penny executives who said they “underestimated the value that customers placed on coupons.”...
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According to someone who commented on an article in today’s Wall Street Journal on meetings “Meetings are supposed to be a time of creative problem-solving, where the best ideas emerge. That’s the funniest — and most absurd — sentence in this generally vacuous article.” When it comes time for a meeting, co-workers can be deadly....
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There are business colleagues and there are friends: never confuse the two. A friend of mine got her review this week and was “dinged” when she took the blame because someone, who she thought was a friend, pointed the finger at her for own shortfall. This is why you need to be very...
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Remember when we were kids and we used to say things like “when I grow up I want to be a firefighter, doctor or policeman” ? I don’t think anyone at anytime said “I want to work in a cube with no privacy and attend back to back meetings in an environment where it...
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What are the factors that will cause us to love our jobs? According to Frederick Herzberg, probably one of the most incisive writers on the topics of motivation, motivation factors include challenging work, recognition, responsibility, and personal growth. Motivation is much less about external prodding or stimulation, and much more about what’s inside of you...
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So a little more than 4 weeks after taking over Yahoo! the CEO is being forced out because of an “error” on his resume. One could argue that if he had come in and really turned things around investors and the board would not be asking him to leave but the key lesson that...
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The business world is full of changes that make it more and more challenging for marketers and general business people to stay relevant. The process of learning never stops and managers who spend a lot of time learning and refining their skills are going to be a hell of a lot more valuable to...
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Mismanagement is alive and well in corporate America
Meetings are supposed to be a time of creative problem-solving (is that a joke?)
Never confuse a business associate for a friend
How much did they pay you to give up your dream ?
What causes people to really love their work ?
