22 May 2013
In a recent blog posting for the Harvard Business Review, Career Builder CEO Matt Ferguson reported that hiring mangers who only look at job titles report a higher rate of ‘skills gaps’ than those who look more widely at a resume. …the…survey found that 55 percent of hiring managers who have job openings for which [...]
Posted in Featured, HR Strategies, Organization0 Comments
10 May 2013
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer can’t seem to do anything right in the eyes of bloggers and the media. After she clamped down on the company’s work from home policy (she axed it), Mayer announced 16 weeks paid leave for Moms and 8 weeks for Dads plus $500. At INC. Suzanne Lucas offers up some pretty [...]
Posted in Featured, Work/Life0 Comments
27 April 2013
What kind of culture are you creating? That’s a valid question whether you work at a company, own one, or run a department. It’s important to define who you are and how you will do business on a day to day basis for yourself, your co-workers, and for your customers. HubSpot is a great example [...]
Posted in Featured, HR Strategies, Workplace Management0 Comments
19 April 2013
Building on last week’s post on Yahoo’s work-from-home policy change, let’s look at the big “how” rather than the why. Cy Wakeman at Forbes wrote a piece basically outlining that a sweeping change in policy is really indicative of deeper problems of leadership within a company. I believe that leaders should reward their best employees [...]
Posted in Management0 Comments
15 April 2013
When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced in February that the company would no longer allow employees to work from home, it launched a media storm. Actually, it launched several media storms and the story became whatever anyone seemed to want to make it. Here’s part of what she said: To become the absolute best place [...]
Posted in Featured, HR Strategies, Technology, Workplace Management2 Comments
15 March 2013
There are volumes written on good management strategies, but sometimes simple and concise advice is the best. In this post from Lifehack.org, the author outlines basic advice taken from Penelope Trunk at Yahoo! Finance. It’s great advice for people managing a team of 4 or a company of 400. The interesting point that Trunk makes is [...]
Posted in Advancement, HR Strategies0 Comments
04 March 2013
At the HBR Blog Network, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic writes about some of the persistent myths (or truths?) that people embrace about work and life. The gist of Embrace Your Work Life Imbalance is to stop worrying and embrace the stress. The article actual takes some pretty serious potshots at some sacred cows. For instance, we all hate people [...]
Posted in Work/Life0 Comments
08 February 2013
Creating a dynamic workspace entails more than some nifty Scandinavian furniture (although that’s sometimes a start.) Physical environment impacts how people work, see a company, and get things done. Here are a few approaches that don’t dictate interior design but serve as a framework for changing the dynamics of office space. 1.) Shared Work Space Creating a place [...]
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24 January 2013
Email can hang like an albatross around your proverbial career neck whether your a CEO or a recent college grad in your first job. The shear amount of email that comes into our boxes can be overwhelming and can take away from the true purpose of work: returning voice-mails. Merlin Mann has been advocating something he call [...]
Posted in Technology0 Comments
18 January 2013
We all know the crazy curve ball question: What’s your favorite planet? If you were a sandwich, what kind of bread would you have? How many cows are in Canada? (For a list of 25 other examples click here.) So why do we ask these questions? And how should a candidate respond? Is there a correct [...]
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Added on 03 January 2013
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Should You Match Yahoo’s Awesome Maternity Benefits?
HubSpot is Creating a Culture They Love.
Sweeping Changes: Bold Management or Weak Move?
Defining a Culture of Flexibility The Real Issue in Work from Home Debate
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