Skip Angel adds his views on The Perfect Boss discussion started by Roman Rytov. Following this Skip talks about the most important words from a leader. Both posts are very interesting given Simon Heap’s recent post on Lau Tzu’s views on leadership. I always find it interesting how different people all pick up on similarContinue reading “Do you have the perfect boss?”
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links for 2006-03-30
The Office of Strategy Management : HBS Working Knowledge From the Harvard Business Review on strategy implementation, thanks Gautam. (tags: strategy management)
Australian Online Media seems to be catching up
In 2004 the Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year was blog. In 2005 Oxford University Press selected podcast as the word of the year. It seems now Australia is finally catching on to this web 2.0 thing. Sandra Hanchard from Hitwise Asia Pacific has published a post on the Weather, Web 2.0 and Wikipedia showing thatContinue reading “Australian Online Media seems to be catching up”
Australia enters a new era for industrial relations
Yesterday (Monday 27 March) marked the beginning of the new industrial relational environment in Australia called WorkChoices. While there is lots of debate as to how, when and where the new laws will impact time will tell as to how this new environment plays out in reality. There are lots and lots of stories, article,Continue reading “Australia enters a new era for industrial relations”
210 spam comments in 8 hours
Imagine my surprise this morning when I when I logged on to see 210 spam comments waiting for my approval in WordPress! That is one every 3 minutes, probably the time it takes for the script to execute, pick a new IP address etc. By the look of things it is someone with a veryContinue reading “210 spam comments in 8 hours”
links for 2006-03-24
stone: One man’s trash… Marc Cenedella finds an interesting use for Google Maps, trash collection across NY. Allows you to see a picture of the discarded item, forward the details onto a friend and indicated if the item has been collected. What a great tool. (tags: google map) Corporate Engagement: Australian law firm urges clientsContinue reading “links for 2006-03-24”
Learning like a 5 year old
A recent Wired Magazine article provides unique perspectives on learning and to a lesser degree recruitment. The article talks about a senior manager at Yahoo who is a guild leader in World of Warcraft, a massive multi player online game. His position in World of Warcraft has provided him many of the necessary skills neededContinue reading “Learning like a 5 year old”
Sol TXT YR resume had 2 happen
(Via Gautam Ghosh .) Job seekers in India can now SMS their resume to recruiters. The new service from IndiaHR.com called smsresume.com allows jobs seekers to post their resume on their web site and SMS an id to recruiters who then view the resume online. While I don’t see it being used for all jobContinue reading “Sol TXT YR resume had 2 happen”
Xbox 360 hits Australia
Today the Xbox 360 arrived in Australia, yes several months after most of the world. I picked mine up from our local GameTraders at about 12:03am this morning we have been playing it all day. (As it is school holiday here I took the day off.) Very impressive. Just waiting on the wireless network adapterContinue reading “Xbox 360 hits Australia”
Looking for a job in HRIS look no further
Systematic is looking for an employee, but not just any employee you must work with him full time in NY. He is looking for an Employee Portal Operations Manager it is a business technology role, not a development or infrastructure role. Candidate must be highly motivated, customer-focused, have a high energy level, and balance multipleContinue reading “Looking for a job in HRIS look no further”
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