We all know disengaged employees are bad. Here is a story of a guy who had his mate shoot him in the shoulder (Hat Tip Evil HR Lady) so he did not have to go to work!! True story, I kid you not. Sheriff’s detectives in Franklin County, Washington, say a man had his friendContinue reading “Disengaged employees”
Category Archives: Management
Employee engagement
Found a great video (for some reason I can’t embed it in my blog) via Employee Engagement: Results That Matter put together by McDaniel Partners detailing some very interesting insights and statistics around employee engagement, well worth the 4 minute watch. (Hat tip: HR 101).
Top companies to work for
Just a quick follow up post, on my higher ESAT = profitable companies post last week. The 2008 Fortune Top 100 Places to Work for in America has been released, and the winners are:- 1. Google 2. Quicken Loans 3. Wegmans Food Markets 4. Edward Jones 5. Genentech 6. Cisco Systems 7. Starbucks 8. QualcommContinue reading “Top companies to work for”
We need a red pill for the organisation
Yesterday I caved and went back to Twitter, yes I know I am weak but that is a whole other story. There was a conversation about the red vs blue pill in the Matrix, remember the red one you learn the truth while the blue one you go on living the lie. I got inspiredContinue reading “We need a red pill for the organisation”
Follow up on always on communication
Over the last 6 months I have written a few times about always on communication and the impact on workplaces, work life balance and productivity. Today is a follow up. By the end of next week I will have had the Palm Treo 750 for 2 months. Verdict? You take my Treo away I willContinue reading “Follow up on always on communication”
We are such a creative bunch
Two things occurred to me this morning. Humans are naturally a creative bunch We are more than willing to share our creations How do I know this? Just look at the number of mashups (video, audio, software, & services) that are created everyday. My questions is. Why in a personal lives are we so openlyContinue reading “We are such a creative bunch”
Organisational change management
While there are lots of reasons for project failures, both IT and non IT, a major reason is poor execution of organisational change management. During the implementation of the project each individual impacted needs to come to terms with the change. Back in 2000 William Bridges and Susan Mitchell Bridges provided a good way ofContinue reading “Organisational change management”
What generation are you?
I have been posting a bit about the whole Generation debate/issue over the last few months, and so have a lot of people if the Google Trends graph is correct. One such post is Penelope Trunk’s on What generation are you part of, really? Take this test. Which basically states your generation is not 100%Continue reading “What generation are you?”
Emotion and the workplace
Just a short post on emotion. Have employees who don’t have their emotions under control and you have a toxic (Update: Kevin rightly points out that toxic might not be the right word but to be honest as given the number of different emotional issue employee could face having people in the workplace who don’tContinue reading “Emotion and the workplace”
IM how do you use it!
IM is finally starting to make it’s way into corporate Australia, I know we are slow off the mark! But this is starting to pose all sorts of issues. The Google Australia blog posted today about this very topic and it reminded me that after about 10 years of prolific IM usage where I currentlyContinue reading “IM how do you use it!”
Michael Specht 