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Sean Silverthorne

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Gen X is Unhappy at Work: Workers in their 30s and early 40s, otherwise known as Generation X, are growing unhappy with corporate life and planning a retreat, says Tammy Erickson, an expert on generational work force issues. That's bad news for their employers, who are looking to this cohort as next generation leaders. ...; Tags: Generation X, Cohort, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Tick Tock: Tips for Allocating Your Time: Do you spend your work time as effectively as you could? Let me answer for you. No. Whether you are a CEO or front-line manager, we all squander our most valuable resource -- time -- like an untuned automobile wastes fuel. Our time to create real value...; Tags: Time Management, Workforce Management, E-mail, Financial Accounting, Productivity, Human Resources, Online Communications, Finance, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-05-13
So You Want to Negotiate with Wal-Mart: Wal-Mart is the kind of partner-distributor that can put your products on the map, not to mention in the black. But if you are lucky enough to land an agreement with the world's largest retailer, your work is only beginning. Now you have to negotiate terms, The...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Are You a Management Imposter?: Do you feel as if you are pulling the wool over the eyes of your workmates, hiding your incompetence? You are not alone. There is even a name for it: Imposter Syndrome. Management consultant Gill Corkindale takes up the subject of business professionals with...; Tags: Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Sean Silverthorne, Imposter Syndrome; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Keep Emotion Out of Decision Making: We've all had the experience of letting our emotions get the better of our actions. But in a business setting, emotional decisions can be costly -- and a quick way to lose your job. But how do you keep cool, calm, and collected in the high pressure...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, decision-making, Sumner Redstone; Blog posts 2008-05-07

Selling Game Machines to Weight-Conscious Women: The Nintendo Wii wants YOU!!! -- if you are overweight, a mom, a dad, older, or worried about your fading mental skills. In other words, if you are anyone but the traditional video gamer. Welcome to the world of Wii Fit, an $89 physical...; Tags: Games, Corporate communications, Sean Silverthorne, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, game, video; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Soldiers Pursuing Harvard MBAs: Most students enter Harvard Business School with company experience under their belts. Increasingly, however, students are arriving with experience not from from the business field but from the battlefield. At Harvard Business School, upwards of 90 students have a military background, and applications from both active...; Tags: Team management, Sean Silverthorne, MBA, Scott Snook; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Will the Olympic Rings Strangle Sponsors?: The Olympic Games present billions of dollars worth of marketing opportunities, but the controversies over this year's host, China, have the potential to make some advertisers wonder if the risk is worth the reward. So far, however, there have been few, if any, high-profile companies pulling...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Olympic Games, Olympic; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Preparing for Turmoil in World Markets: Food shortages, escalating energy costs, and rising consumer prices are all taking their toll on markets around the world. In such an uncertain environment traditional business forecast models become less effective navigation aids for steering your company. So what do you do to prepare should...; Tags: Blogging, Sean Silverthorne, H. Schoemaker; Blog posts 2008-05-03
McCain, Clinton, Obama: Who is the Best Leader-Manager?: Great leaders must also be great managers -- vision doesn't implement itself. Do the three presidential candidates have what it takes to translate their demonstrated leadership skills into management acuity? The jury is still out on each of them, says Joseph Nye Jr. in a recent...; Tags: Strategy, Sean Silverthorne, Nye, Organizational Skill, leadership, leader; Blog posts 2008-04-30
The Press Release of the Future: The proposed merger between Delta and Northwest Airlines has already produced one visionary byproduct: the press release of the future. That's the word from Harvard Online blogger Scott Berinato, who drools over the effectiveness of this joint announcement, which is not so much press release as communications...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Sean Silverthorne, Scott Berinato, merger; Blog posts 2008-04-29
The Best Customer Support Team? Other Customers: When your iPod earbuds aren't working or your chainsaw is hard to start, where do you turn to for help? Just a few years ago, the answer was pretty straight forward. You'd call up the company's customer support line or hunt down an FAQ on its...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-04-28
The Danger in Following Best Practices: I find myself asking this question of myself and others a few times a month when confronted with a decision I feel unequipped to answer: What are best practices used by other companies in these situations? I should learn from the experience of others, right? Why reinvent...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, best practice; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Why Don't More Companies Use Prediction Markets?: The basic idea behind James Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds is that a collection of complete strangers in aggregate can make a better decision than a single expert. A crowd at the county fair, when polled in aggregate, can guess the weight of a giant pumpkin unfailingly within a few...; Tags: Investment, Sean Silverthorne, prediction market, AutoNailer; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Rebuilding Your Crowded Calendar: Many of us info economy drones spend a lot of time -- dare we say too much time -- in meetings. At some moment the tipping point occurs, where our personal productivity loss is larger than the value we contribute or collect in meetings. BNET is chockablock...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Fixing Globalization-Fueled Human Rights Violations: A new United Nations report written by Harvard Kennedy School's John Ruggie signals a growing incidence of business-related human rights violations fueled by globalization. The changes wrought by a globalized economy, he writes, are creating "governance gaps" -- areas of business, government, and society where established human...; Tags: Government, Sean Silverthorne, globalization; Blog posts 2008-04-22
The Pope as CEO: Jeffrey Immelt and Joseph Ratzinger have more in common than you might think. Immelt, the CEO of GE, and Ratzinger, the CEO also known as pope of the Catholic church, lead global, extremely complex organizations. Both have stellar brands to uphold. Both answer to a higher authority....; Tags: Leadership, Sean Silverthorne, Jeffrey Immelt, Cardinal Ratzinger, leader; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Three Reasons Not to Become an Entrepreneur: Most folks have thought about starting their own business. After all, it's freedom to set your own hours, do what you truly love doing, and answer to no one but the boss -- you. But it's also true that most people don't venture off on their own, and for...; Tags: Entrepreneurship, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-04-18
How Your Competitors Lure Top Talent: Even in a decelerating economy, competition for top young talent remains high. To attract these folks, you need to be creative. Your competitors certainly are. Tammy Erickson blogs on Harvard Business some examples of what top companies are offering hot candidates. Here's a sample: ...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Sean Silverthorne, Tammy Erickson; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Warren Buffett and the Return of the Railroads: Sky-high energy prices, increasingly crowded commuter corridors, and worries about the environment are setting the stage for trains to thunder once again across the US moving commerce and people, predicts Harvard University professor John R. Stilgoe. "Train travel will supplant highway and air travel in the next few decades....; Tags: Government, Sean Silverthorne, railroad, Warren Buffett; Blog posts 2008-04-16