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- Too Late to Say I'm Sorry for Mackey
- Whole Foods issued a press release yesterday with a two-sentence apology from CEO John Mackey for his anonymous message board posting. Until now, most of the company's 2007 releases have been upbeat news about store openings and programs. But on July 17, 2007, in addition to the apology, there were...
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- Ask Not What Your Company Can Do For You…
- Caterpillar builds multi-terrain loaders, hydraulic excavators, and other heavy equipment. They also teach their managers to nurture direct reports. While this may conjure up visions of awkward team-building exercises, or courses on developing interpersonal skills, Caterpillar's goal is very pragmatic. According to an article from Workforce Management, they do it...
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Playing to Win in Business
- There are currently 73 million online gamers worldwide, spending an average of 22 hours a week playing. Wasting time? Not according to new research by IBM and Seriosity, which asserts that there's more than just entertainment to be found in massively multiplayer online role-playing games MMORPG like World of Warcraft....
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- When Marketing Tactics Backfire
- Chances are that a slick marketing brochure is sitting in your mailbox at home right now asking you to upgrade your cell phone, cable, or Internet service. While this may seem like a good tactic to upsell to your customers, new research indicates that these efforts can cause a company...
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
- Transparency in Healthcare?
- Last year, the Department of Health & Human Services HHS launched the Value-Driven Health Care initiative to create "transparency" in the heatlhcare system to drive down costs and improve quality of care. HHS is looking to American businesses to take an active role, and in the year since the initiative...
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- A Book-Selling World Gone Mad
- You usually have to scrabble around on the sale table and fend off other bargain hunters to find products discounted to the point where the retailer doesn't make a profit. In the case of the latest and final Harry Potter book, however, folks won't have to wait for the price...
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- The (White) Male-Dominated World of Finance?
- CFO Magazine’s June 2007 edition includes a story on workplace diversity that shows there’s been little growth of minorities in the financial world. The article shares the experience of Oscar Munoz, the CFO for CSX Corp, who was on vacation at a resort hotel and was asked by a white...
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Debunking the Myth of the Star Performer
- A new study at the Harvard Business School takes the spotlight off the "top performers" and focuses it on the other folks who make it possible for the star to shine. According to the researchers, "Stars need to recognize that despite their talent, knowledge, experience, and reputation, who they work...
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Stop Staring at That Monitor! (And Reduce Injuries at Work)
- Repetitive stress injuries can be bad news for business. And the misuse of the computer is a factor. Even when companies go the extra step of providing ergonomic workstations, that doesn’t enforce good work habits among employees. Poor posture and overlong sessions in front of the computer can lead to...
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- When You Feel Stuck at Work
- Instead of trying to change how you feel when you think you’re just spinning your wheels at work, you may want to change how you’re working. In a recent interview, Timothy Butler, author of Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths, had this to say. "We...
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- The Art of Feigning Intelligence (or Stupidity) to Avoid Work
- While many managers strive to increase their productivity and effectiveness, there is also a group that has simply grown adept at avoiding work at all costs. Two recent articles highlight different approaches that both accomplish the same goal. But make no mistake -- there is an art (and some hard...
- Blog posts 2007-04-20
- Online Surveys Made Easy
- Have you ever wanted to poll a group to get their thoughts on an event they attended? Maybe you cobbled something together in Microsoft Word and sent it via e-mail. That may work fine if you only had a handful of folks you want to reach, but is it really...
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Not Ready to Wiki at Work? Try Google Docs.
- If you havent mastered the Wiki yet, but like the idea of sharing online documents and spreadsheets with your colleagues, your Google account is the gateway to several easy-to-use tools. The Google Docs and Spreadsheets homepage offers a guided tour, but Microsoft Word and Excel users should feel comfortable with...
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- Manage Multiple IM Programs With Trillian
- Your friends use Yahoo and ICQ, but your colleagues use AIM. If your IM programs are getting out of control, you might want to try Trillian, a popular freeware program that manages multiple IMs in one place. More than 30,000,000 folks have already downloaded the program at Download.com. According...
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- The Great Workplace Wiki Divide?
- A recent BusinessWeek article drew a line between employees who use Wikis and other Web-based tools young and those who don't old, and asked if senior managers were ready for the influx of 80 million Net Generation workers. Their position:Wikis, blogs, and other tools will arrive in the workplace whether...
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Business Writing With Style
- Does your company have formal writing guidelines? Many companies do, just so everyone knows it's "e-mail" not "email," or vice versa. But what about general writing advice? Most companies leave you to your own devices when it comes to punctuation and grammar. Writing guru Dan Santow's Word Wise blog always...
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- Cancel My 3:00; I Need to Nap
- The Archives of Internal Medicine recently published the results of a study on the benefits of napping. The authors’ conclusion: After controlling for potential confounders, siesta in apparently healthy individuals is inversely associated with coronary mortality, and the association was particularly evident among working men. In other words,...
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Useful Commute: Introducing the Weekly BNET Podcast
- What's the Useful Commute? Say hello to BNET's all-new podcast series, created to help you make the most of your travel time as you voyage to and from work. In our first Useful Commute, host Carmine Gallo interviews Google's Todd Carlisle to learn about the techniques the Silicon Valley search...
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- When Email Attacks (or, What the F*#%!!!)
- Have you ever been stunned by an e-mail you received from a co-worker? Or, worse, responded in kind by hitting Send with a pointed response? Patterns of email "flaming" are now attracting scrutiny by psychologists and those in the field of social neuroscience. There’s even a fancy sociological term for the...
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- Meet Me at the Water Cooler. (Wink. Wink.)
- Vault.com recently released the results of a survey on office romance. Valentine's Day has passed, but if you're looking for love between the hours of 9 to 5, you'll be happy to know that more than half of the 575 respondents have had a personal relationship with a colleague. Even...
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
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