A Manager’s Guide to Social Media Policy

Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook are all terrific ways of marketing a company…but they are also terrific ways to waste time. Social media accounts for approximately 22% of our online time according to the social media examiner. It’s doubtful that all that time is spent after work hours...

July 30th, 2010 | Communications, Employee Satisfaction, Leadership, Management | Read More

5 Ways to Make a Shorter Work Week Work

Sounds like a dream doesn’t it? Every weekend a three day weekend. No hump day. Two Saturday nights! It actually turns out that the dream of a shorter work week isn’t such a dream so much as a debate we are having with ourselves. Experts tell us that the average worker would have...

July 2nd, 2010 | Communications, Employee Satisfaction, Management, Strategy | Read More

E-Mail Rules to Live By

Despite the proliferation of assorted social media platforms and text messaging, the majority of our business communications still takes place using email. Email has the potential to dominate our time and attention if managed improperly, so here are a few email rules to live by that will help make all...

May 6th, 2010 | Communications, Featured, Management | Read More

PowerPoint makes us stupid…

…I didn’t say it. A General in the Marines said it. Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, the Joint Forces commander to be exact. He was quoted in a story on the US Military and its use of PowerPoint earlier this week in the New York Times: “PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen....

April 29th, 2010 | Communications, Featured, Management | Read More

Internal Meetings Part III: 9 Tips for Better Conference Calls

In today’s global mobile world, people just aren’t around for regular meetings. So often the only way for people working in the same place to actually talk is during a conference calls. Here are some quick tips on making this communication tool effective for internal meetings. 1.) Just...

April 15th, 2010 | Communications, Featured, Management | Read More

Lead Like the Great Conductors

An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, former conductor Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders. After a decade-long conducting...

December 2nd, 2009 | Communications, Featured, Leadership, Management, Video | Read More

The Art of Saying ‘No’

In her post ‘Staying with No‘, Holly Weeks outlines some essential advice on saying no and sticking with it. She’s got some good advice, like staying neutral, not backing down, and not giving false hope. There is an element here that could be expanded on and that’s putting...

November 11th, 2009 | Communications, Employee Satisfaction, Management | Read More

You’re Hired! Now, the real test.

How do executive know when new staffers are qualified for the job? Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great, explains on bigthink that the key is to instill your company’s core values in your new employees so your company culture is continually extended and reinforced.

October 29th, 2009 | Communications, Featured, Hiring, Leadership, Management, Strategy, Video | Read More

Ask Three Questions to Clarify Expectations

John Baldoni lays out the three questions managers should ask in order to measure if their leadership is effective. Managing expectations is often the art of good management. Clarifying and communicating are often stated as goals of management, but these three question get to the heart of the matter....

October 15th, 2009 | Communications, Management, Strategy, Training | Read More

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