Why meetings are awful
Most gatherings of business teams are utterly devoid of proper context. Here’s why. Continue Reading
Business
How old and experienced is an average CEO?
In the fall of 2012, I had a semi-interesting conversation with a kid I was going to graduate school with. At the time, I think I was 31; the other person in question was 24. We were both males. The… Continue Reading
55 percent of employees are eating during conference calls (and more fun stats)
One of my least-favorite expressions in the cubicle world is “hop on a call.” Anyone that’s been on a series of conference calls knows that they’re pretty off-task affairs, in general: it’s highly probable that over 60 percent of the people… Continue Reading
Is employee engagement tied to revenue?
I’ve written a lot about employee engagement on this blog — such as here and here — because it seems like a major topic of the next few years. Millennials will become the primary part of the workforce, and they… Continue Reading
People really love to deify the internal culture of tech companies
Everyone seems to want to work in Silicon Valley (to some extent). Continue Reading
Nordstrom: full-line store sales down 1.2%, but Nordstrom.com up 22%. A new trend?
Cool article on Forbes about Nordstrom’s evolving strategy in retail; consider this paragraph especially: It is very important to understand the customer’s need to find time to shop. Nordstrom gets this. Consumers, especially young working people, are less and less interested in… Continue Reading
How do you influence others?
How can you gain influence in your various networks? Turns out there are six keys. Continue Reading
Americans leave 430 million vacation days on the table per year
Americans need to stop worrying about what taking a vacation means for their career and JUST DO IT, BABY. Continue Reading