Communicating at work maybe isn’t ROI, but focus on it
Check out this graphic; I got it from an article on Harvard Business Review about the leadership traits that employees don’t like about their managers: Break this down for a second:
Most companies have no idea how to value customers
I sometimes understand — don’t per se ‘get it,’ but understand it — when companies could care less about their employees, because oftentimes employees are seen as almost transactional. They come, they do a job, you pay them X-amount of money, and they leave. That’s… Continue Reading
Your print-to-digital strategy is terrible. Here’s how to fix it.
Woke up this morning and hit the gym — motivated! — and while there, was thinking about a couple of posts I wanted to write. Something hit me out of the blue: Why do I spend my time on the… Continue Reading
The role of storytelling in leadership
Here’s an interesting post I found this AM on “4 Stories Great Leaders Tell,” and here’s a good quote: The Impact of a Story: A 10-year, 100,000-person study conducted throughout the U.S. and Canada by the O.C. Tanner Institute and HealthStream… Continue Reading
Chess vs. checkers leadership
Hola. My name’s Ted Bauer. ‘Tis my blog. I write a lot about organizational behavior, leadership, management, marketing, the future of work, and other assorted topics. Recently I’ve been thinking that it’s pretty cool that random people may stumble across… Continue Reading
What if companies used a Premier League relegation concept on salaries?
Hola. My name’s Ted Bauer. ‘Tis my blog. I write a lot about organizational behavior, leadership, management, marketing, the future of work, and other assorted topics. Recently I’ve been thinking that it’s pretty cool that random people may stumble across… Continue Reading
On the scarcity of promotions and fear at work
I pretty much started blogging because I have a specific way of thinking about different topics — especially around work — and I wanted to throw a few ideas out there and see if anyone felt the same way. So,… Continue Reading
RIP Charlotte Chandler, my Teach for America co-teacher
Right out of college in June 2003, I was a Teach for America corps member in Houston, TX. I taught second and third grade at J.W. Oates Elementary School (pictured above), which is on the northeast side of Houston. Most… Continue Reading