The No Asshole Rule
January 23, 2007
A note: if the title offends you, please excuse me. I think the content and concepts make it worthwhile. Also, it’s the title of a real book - and so that makes it okay (right?).
I’m now kicking myself for being…
What’s so great about Fortune’s best companies to work for?
January 8, 2007
Fortune magazine just came out with their annual list of the 100 best companies to work for. In the interactive presentation you can sort by components of the evaluation like “best” benefits, pay, growth in the number of jobs, turnover, % minorities and…
Loyalty is fragile
September 19, 2006
A colleague sent me this article from the Studer Group called “The Long Goodbye”. It caught my eye because it formalized something I’d been considering for a long time: When someone decides to leave his or her company, it’s rarely…
Joe Torre on management
September 14, 2006
I was sent this article written by Joe Torre, the manager of the New York Yankees, that was recently published in BusinessWeek. Now, regardless of what you think of the team, you have to admire Joe. Just being able to remain the…
Engagement crisis solved!
July 19, 2006
According to this survey, more than 66% of workers describe their jobs as a source of “personal fulfilment.”
Wow, that’s fairly remarkable.
But just when you think you’re getting somewhere on this whole engagement thing, they hit you with: “the…
