When Company Stupidity Costs YouNo Cure for StupidityWould the company let customers not pay for 90 days because they hired a new accouts receivable person? Would they not pay the electric bill for the probationary period? Some companies just dont get it that if they dont keep the sales staff...
Continuing my riff on the role of passion in decision making, heres a central tension in any entrepreneurial venture you dont hear talked about much:It demands complete emotional committment to be successful, but youre also told not to have your self-esteem / self-worth too invested in the success or failure...
Market Concerns Shroud Ford,GM as Union Talks Loomwhen you speak of benfitsdo so but we dont get 75.00 an hour that' with insurance and every thing incl why dont you mention what the ceo can give up
Perhaps youve heard that its not exactly the most hygienic thing in the world to eat at your desk. CNN tells us that our desks are hundreds of times dirtier than our toilets, and thats based on real science (that...
I recently started a new job, and the man who is supposed to be training me is instead using me to pass off his own shoddy work. Hell email me something that I know is not up to speed - but he has not yet taught me how to fix...
I play for my companys flag football team, and a little over a year ago, during a heated game against a rival company, I got into a fight with one of the dirtier players on the opposing players. This matter was never reported to human resources, for which I was...
The Leadership Power of Great Public Speakingcan you wrote for me?wrote the speechs that can i use on our public speaking day because i dont have any idea on what i memorize i have an idea topic but i dont know how to start my topic was "good Leadership"thank...
Many of my friends have heard me use the phrase, "God bless the Internet" when it comes to the incredible variety of free and useful services available today.One of the services that Ive been digging the most recently is Jott. (Disclosure: I am not an investor in Jott. I am...
How to Manage Employee Feedbackfeed back? what about the problem of "we"My inbox is full of suggestions. love that people are thinking but frustrated that it is always in the third person like the money and resources needed for their idea will magically appear. dont want to stop...
My company recently lost a bid for a city government contract. We have learned that the company that submitted the winning bid -- which was more expensive than our own -- has a family connection to someone on the approval board. This is in clear violation of the boards policy...
Im the owner of a mid-sized company, and were experiencing some hard financial times. To survive, we need to downsize. I put a team in charge of coming up with a plan, and they recently presented me with their recommendations.Job cuts are inevitable, but the team presented an option where...
Dear Conscience,I’m the only person in my office without children, and it seems as though I’m always the person asked to travel or stay late. Is this fair?So you’re Joe Single and the soccer moms get to go home at 5:00 while you’re left finishing the TPS reports because watching...
For several months, Ive been having a secret relationship with another executive at my company. We dont like living in the dark, but our company "frowns upon" office romance. She wants to take our relationship public, but I worry that it will hurt our careers with the company. Wheres the...
How to Clear the Clutter from Your Inboxemail clutterIn addition to the spam filter on my server, I've added a spam filter called SPAMBATES (C:Program FilesSpamBayesdocsoutlookabout.html) to Outlook. Spambayes is teachable - it learns what I consider spam by what I direct to which of 3 groups: Inbox, Junk suspects,...
If your company has received a job application and you dont have appropriate position for the applicant and you want to acknowledge his interest. For that you need to write a letter to the person, and if you are not getting proper words for it here is template for that.
After PC Magazine columnist John Dvorak wrote a screed about the evils of using AutoReply, the folks over at LifeHacker set up a poll asking readers whether they used the feature when they were away on vacation or otherwise unable...
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Vistas new ReadyBoost system allows you to basically add RAM to your PC by taking advantage of any flash drives that are plugged into it. The folks at ExtremeTech have come up with several other ways to speed up your Vista OS by...
Dont be too impressed by the boost to operating results. That largely reflects the fact that Royal & Sun Alliance RSA was starting from a low base after World Trade Center-related payouts had depressed 2001s figures. Analysts at Merrill Lynch h Dont be too impressed by...
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