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The employee-manager relationship is inherently doomed

Employee Manager Relationship

If you stopped and thought about the general (because every situation is unique) relationship between employees and their managers, you might honestly think each side was speaking a different language: maybe the employee is coming to work and doing their day-to-day tasks… Continue Reading

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Does business journalism really have value?

Harvard Business Review

In short answer, yes: Fast Company was sold for $35 million back in 2005, for example. Inherently, there’s value in the field of reporting on business, leadership, management, etc. Here’s what got me thinking about all this, though. 

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Why aren’t sales-driven websites more transparent?

What's the purpose of your website?

I had a semi-deep thought this morning and decided to write a post about it. It won’t be anything remarkable or even that nuanced, but I think people might be missing the boat when it comes to how to design/structure… Continue Reading

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Forget Maslow. Focus on autonomy, relatedness and competence.

Autonomy Relatedness Competence

Hierarchy of needs is the most powerful motivational theory ever. But, it’s probably wrong. Continue Reading

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Start quoting Tim Cook in your presentations, ya prick

Tim Cook

Tim Cook has apparently created as much value as Steve Jobs did since becoming Apple CEO — and of course, Cook did it while also dropping some less-than-secret personal contexts that make him stand out in the tech industry. In… Continue Reading

A walk is so simple, yet so powerful for productivity

Nightly Walk

I was at my in-laws for Thanksgiving for about five and a half days. I know the term “in-laws” has certain types of mostly-negative connotations, but I do enjoy/love my in-laws as people, both individually and in a group. That… Continue Reading

For businesses, the value of social media is hard to prove

Measuring Social Media ROI

Personally, I understand the value of social media — even if 80 percent of people using it are “me-formers” — because it connects family and friends in a new way. It’s always remarkable to me when I can know exactly… Continue Reading

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Stop using Facebook as a marketing strategy

Facebook Marketing

You may have seen some of these new data sets about Facebook and usage. Basically, Forrester went out and told people that it was a bad marketing strategy. (Concur.) Organic reach has been dying forever, and large-brand Facebook posts are only… Continue Reading