…and I actually am starting to like it. I know that I’ve previously said I disliked Vista (see Rediscovering Linux (via Ubuntu) and Ubuntu is Ubye-bye) but a recent PC purchase (Dell XPS 410 w/4GB RAM) has me changing my tune on Vista. The OS is fast and stable (so far anyway). There are some [...]
Employee Onboarding
June 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
As I mentioned in my previous post titled “The Hiring Challenge(s)“, one of the biggest challenges facing employers (and employees) is the onboarding process for new hires. After writing the previous blog post, I ran across a great article by David Lee titled “How to Avoid the Four Deadliest Onboarding Mistakes” that really gives a [...]
Profits & Morality
June 27, 2007 By 1 Comment
I’ve been reading Ricardo Semler‘s phenomenal book “The Seven Day Weekend” and just ran across this quote: Cash on hand, revenue, and profits are wonderful indeed, but say precious little if taken on their own. …. Profits must be judged as moral or immoral by how they are earned and how they are disposed. – [...]
“Leadership Turn” on Efficient Leadership
June 27, 2007 By 2 Comments
Jonathan Farrington has an excellent blog post on his Leadership Turn blog that that I think is wonderful. The post, titled “Six Steps to help you achieve more with less“, is informative, concise and to the point…which is something that is lacking in most blog posts these days….including most of my posts In his post, [...]
The Hiring Challenge(s)
June 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Hiring and retaining good people has always been a challenge for most companies. Because of this, you’d think that more companies would understand the basic concepts of this challenge but most companies still have no idea how to even begin to overcome it. There are quite a few companies out there that have figured out [...]
Balancing “doing” with “thinking”
June 20, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The April 2007 Harvard Business Review has an article by Steelcase CEO James P. Hackett titled “Preparing for the Perfect Product Launch” that discusses the need for an organization to add critical thinking methodologies to their product development and planning processes. The article is a very good read in and of itself, but it also [...]
Quick note: Looks like a few posts are missing…
June 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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