I’m not a social media newbie, but it took me a while to start using Twitter. My hesitation was associated with the cost-benefit analysis I was doing in my head. The cost being time spent “tweeting” and the benefit being a big question mark. After months of analysis with no clear answer, I decided to [...]
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Business and leadership ethics is a hot topic these days and for good reason. Examples of ethical breeches are so pervasive that it is hard to take it all in. The public is angry and concerned about losing their jobs and savings. Just look at the protests that are being staged at the G-20 summit [...]
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Here is an interesting tidbit from Business Week, which cautions employers not to let the rising unemployment rate go to their head. An employer with a cavalier attitude toward job candidates and the hiring process is not doing itself any favors. “Employees who say they were mistreated during hiring feel less committed—for years. Researchers at [...]
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With all the bad economic news of the past few weeks, I have something to lift your spirits. I just finished watching the newest video in the Quest series on PBS and I am feeling full of hope. I’ve included a link to a short video clip at the end of this post as well [...]
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“The State of Employee Engagement 2008″ study by Blessingwhite found that information technology (IT) workers are the least engaged of all the different staff areas studied. And, this lack of engagement isn’t isolated to North America. The study noted that IT workers across the world tend to identify more with their profession than with their [...]
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The most disengaged employees in workplaces around the world are those in Gen Y – people born in the early 1980s through the early 1990s. So, we are talking about workers up to age 28. The study was conducted by BlessingWhite and looked at employee engagement levels at companies on four continents. When I stopped [...]
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I remember the advice I got early in my career. It was something like, “The thing to do is get a job with a big, stable company with good benefits and a pension and stay there until your retire.” It was pretty good advice, given the business landscape in the U.S. during the early 1970′s. [...]
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As promised, here is the second part of the article, Where to Get Noticed, by author Jill Lublin. If you missed part 1, you can read it here. Where to – GET NOTICED! Part II Organizations OK, now you know that you have to take action and begin. The question is where do you start? [...]
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As the price of oil continues to rise, companies and individuals are starting to look for ways to cut back on business-related travel. Yet, most work cannot be accomplished without communication and collaboration between the team members and with customers and suppliers. As as result, web conferencing, wikis, and other online collaboration tools are being [...]
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Are you LinkedIn yet? If not, it’s time to get out there. Social networking is a great way to be visible on the Web. If you are interested in job offers, opportunities to collaborate, and attracting new clients and customers, then you need to get busy building your profile on one or more social networking [...]
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