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Health Care Reform Is Now "Health Insurance Reform"
By arguing that most Americans actually like their healthcare, defenders of the status quo can prevent true structural reforms and steer the debate towards superficial solutions such as digitizing medical records. That might be one reason why the Obama Administration's rhetoric has switched recently from "healthcare reform" to "health...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Human Resources, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-05
Run Away from Running These Businesses
America certainly tries to support its entrepreneurs, setting aside billions of dollars in federal contracts specifically for small businesses. But do most entrepreneurs end up picking businesses that are bound to fail? by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Management, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-31
How to Make $100k Without Working
There are jobs out there where you can earn six figures without worrying about getting fired. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Job, Figure, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-01
Six Green Consumer Myths
Marketing surveys have consistently found that roughly 3/4 of consumers could be roughly characterized as green. But a new survey may have found six myths that are "shattering the stereotypes of the green consumer." by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Myth, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-02
Where Government Beats the Free Market
Playing into America's fear of "government-control" seems like a sure-fire way to win a public policy argument. But as Nicholas Kristof notes in a New York Times op-ed today, there are plenty of examples in America where the government has run things better than the private sector. by Stefan...
Tags: America, Government, Vertical Industries, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-03
Can Obama's Green Jobs Czar Deliver After Controversial Comments?
There is one area where Obama is still given the benefit of the doubt--the nascent green economy. Unfortunately, the President's "green jobs" adviser has been dogged down recently by two controversies. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Controversy, Advisor, Investment, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-04
Will Greed Still Be Good Upon Gordon Gekko's Return to Wall Street?
This week in New York, Oliver Stone and crew begin filming the sequel to the 1987 satire ‘Wall Street.’ Gekko will be back after serving his time in jail. But will the "Greed is Good" mantra remain? by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Greed, Wall Street, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-08
NFL Owners: "32 Republicans That Vote Socialist"
By sharing equally the revenue from TV deals and ticket sales, not to mention instituting a hard salary cap for players, the league has maintained its "any given Sunday" mystique. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: NFL, Sales Strategy, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, TVs, Personal Finance, Tv & Home Theater, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Sales, Human Resources, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-09
Predicting the Next Bubble
"We will have more crises and none of them will look like this because no two crises have anything in common, except human nature," Alan Greenspan argued in a recent interview with the BBC. Assuming Greenspan is right and crises are inevitable, where will the next bubble arise? by...
Tags: Alan Greenspan, Crisis, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-10
Constitutionality of White House "Czars" Questioned
Amid the fallout of the Van Jones (Obama's former green jobs adviser) resignation, many are now questioning how the White House has been relying upon "czars" to execute the Administration's agenda. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: White House, Investment, Finance, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-11
How Bad Bosses Haunt Companies After They're Gone
When a company really needs to right its ship, a true outsider without any connections to prior leadership might be the best person for the job. That's because protegees have a psychological tendency to honor the decisions of their predecessors -- even if those were failing strategies. by Stefan...
Tags: Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-14
The First-Time Consultant Conundrum
Say you are in a transition period in your career. Seemingly out of the blue, a former employer or colleague contacts you to see if you are available to help with a new project. However, after tentatively accepting your first consulting gig, you start to wonder whether you've...
Tags: Consulting, Outsourcing, Professional Development, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Career, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-15
Secrets of a Solid Handshake
Whether you are a man or woman, a firm, assertive handshake is key to making a good first impression, according to a study conducted at the University of Alabama. This may seem obvious to most, yet many continue to flunk this basic test. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Handshake, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-16
Outrage over Baucus' Individual Health Insurance Mandate
I've never bought many of the arguments against healthcare reform which rely on an irrational fear of the Big Bad Government, since the feds already "run" healthcare in many ways. Nonetheless, over the last few months we've all heard about "death panels" and "rationed care" (it is...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Max Baucus, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-17
Seth Godin Is Wrong about Nonprofits and the Web
Godin doesn't shy away from telling it as he sees it and that's what keeps his blog thought-provoking. As you might imagine, one of his latest entries, which takes aim at nonprofits for supposedly resisting social media tools, is causing quite a stir in the advocacy community. by Stefan...
Tags: Web, Social Media, Seth Godin, Nonprofit, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-09-18
IBM Uncovers Green Hypocrisy Amongst Gen Y
You'd think that Generation Y, defined as those who are now between 18-24, would care more about the planet than previous generations. But a new IBM study has found that Gen Yers actually have the worst habits when it comes to wasting water and energy. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Generation Y, IBM Corp., Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-28
How Wanting and Liking Are Two Separate Things
One simple marketing truth, that people want what they can't have, has been validated by a recent Stanford Business School study. However, the "denial experience" has its limits, the researchers found. by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Marketing Research, Marketing, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-27
America: Nation of "Slacktivists"
With the click of a mouse, its never been easier to broadcast complaints about customer service on Twitter, protest a politician by joining a Facebook group or support efforts to save the whales by signing an online petition. However, it's worth asking whether these efforts amount to any real...
Tags: Mice, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-26
When Almost Every American Company Counts As "Small"
According to the SBA, almost every American company counts as "small." But dig into the data, and America might have one of the developed world's smallest small business sectors. Just what type of business should count as "small?" by Stefan Deeran
Tags: U.S. Company, Small Business, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-06
Should Employers Be Able to Check the Credit Scores of Job Applicants?
Employers are using more tests to screen job applicants. But are these tests fair and do they respect the privacy of the job-hunter? by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Credit Score, Job, Job Applicant, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-08-07
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