When to Fire a Top Performer Who Hurts Your Company Culture by Eric C. Sinoway | 12:00 PM October 15, 2012 Comments (71) My business partner and I had a tough decision to make. One of the top producers at our boutique partnership development firm was having a detrimental impact on company culture. Should we
Transparency by Goleman, Bennis and O’Toole This book describes a philosophy of openness that many principals and owners of schools do not support. ================= http://www.bnet.com/videos/transparency-by-warren-bennis-daniel- goleman-james-otoole-book-brief/219866 Source of this transcript: The book Transparency suggests that a culture of openness and candor is crucial to the health of any organization. Author Jim O Toole explains why
Redefining productivity According to the economics of the industrial age, it’s simple: Money spent creates output. If you use less labor or your system creates more output, your factory is being more efficient. Machines can be more productive than people because once they’re set up, they create more output per dollar spent. Lowering labor costs
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Do Maintenance by Rosabeth Moss Kanter | 9:00 AM October 11, 2012 Comments (6) The loose seats reportedly found on American Airlines planes are rattling around in my mind. American Airlines is already in bankruptcy, but it looks like more turbulent times are ahead. The two things no
Wanting Meaningful Work Is Not a First World Problem by Umair Haque | 8:00 AM October 11, 2012 Comments (43) “I read your latest essay.” Arms crossed, eyes ablaze. “I don’t think you get it. At. All. I really don’t.” I’d met Sophie, one of my mentees, for what I’d thought was going to be
Given how essential it is to every aspect of our life, we spend very little time talking about or celebrating the civilized society we live in. If civilization is stability, kindness, safety, the arts and a culture that cherishes more than merely winning whatever game is being played, we live in a very special time.
Seven years after the Fast Company article “Why We Hate HR,” change may finally be here. No longer the paper pushers Keith Hammonds and staff wrote about in 2005, HR is becoming one of the front line innovators helping build organizations that rack up likes and big-time revenue. After all this time, why now? Two
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There are at least 200 working days a year. If you commit to doing a simple marketing item just once each day, at the end of the year you’ve built a mountain. Here are some things you might try (don’t do them all, just one of these once a day would change things for you):
Negotiation Lessons from a Father of 37 by Miniya Chatterji | 7:00 AM August 31, 2012 Comments (14) Sudarsan is a man I met at a skills training center for below-poverty-line Muslim girls in Southern India’s Nizamabad district two weeks ago. He is a 55-year-old government clerk, who has with his wife over the years