From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Managing Severance Benefits (humor)

October 10, 2009

Paying Severance Benefits From the web site Silicon India, a new idea on performance and incentives (humor) On walking into the factory, the Managing Director of the Company noticed a young guy.. leaning against the wall and doing nothing. He approached the young man and calmly said to him, “How much do you earn?” The [...]

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Recruiting Turf Wars: Is the Recruitment Grass Really Greener On The Other Side (of the World)

October 9, 2009

Over There:  Recruiting in New Zealand For this week’s view from “Over There”, we get to hear about some ideas on recruiting from David Talamelli, a recruiting professional for Oracle based in New Zealand.  David also blogs about working at Oracle.   In this post, David shares some thoughts on recruiting around the world. Is the [...]

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Your Avatar Means Business!

October 8, 2009

Business Imagery in Virtiual Reality   Take off that Valkyrie bra.  Get rid of the Elton John glasses. Drop that red feather boa!  Stop running amok like Lady Gaga and Madonna on Saturday Night Live! There have been a number of posts recently about the need for social media policies at corporations.  Sharlyn Lauby, the HR [...]

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Shameless Promo and Shoutouts

October 7, 2009

Real World Business    Just a quick post. I haven’t been posting as much recently as I usually do.     Sorry about that.  I miss doing it.  I will be back on a regular basis soon. (I hope!) Real work is cutting into my blogging and social media time.  I am spending lots of time doing stuff [...]

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Best Practice Exchange: Talking with the CEO

October 5, 2009

Office Hours with the CEO     Yesterday, the New York Times ran an interview with Susan Lyne, currently the CEO of Gilt Groupe, an online luxury retailer, and formerly the president/CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.  She also is the past president of ABC Entertainment. In this article, she discusses a unique leadership technique adapted from the halls of [...]

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Be a Guru, Not just a Swami!

October 3, 2009

Learnings from IZEAfest Aaron Brazell gave a keynote  speech at IZEAfest.   It was the first time he ever gave a keynote.  It was a good one. Aaron writes the blog Technosailor.    His topic was about the difference  between being famous on the Internet and being influential on the Internet. Here is the best quote: [...]

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The Development of Human Resources in India

October 2, 2009

India is Amazing and Complicated   I visited India in 2007 on a business trip.  I went to 5 cities in 7 days.  The sites were overwhelming and astonishing.  The cities filled with riches and poverty.  Very few places that I have traveled have impacted me so much immediately upon arrival, or left such a [...]

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