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The other day I posted stats published in the latest FastCompany indicating that a majority of employees change jobs because of bad bosses, not necessarily bad companies. While discussing this with a colleague, he wondered if employees would remain at bad/mediocre organizations if they had good bosses. Interesting twist.
What do you think?
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October 16 is National Boss’ Day so don’t forget a card. Some of us have very good bosses–I count myself among the fortunate/blessed. Many, however, don’t. The October 2008 issue of FastCompany cites a 2008 Yahoo survey, indicating:
43% of Americans don’t like their bosses’ management styles, while 55% agree that “people don’t leave companies, they [...]
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From a guest post by Tim Clark at Get Rich Slowly:
…entrepreneurship is about you helping other people to achieve their goals.
This is obvious when you think about it. Business is all about satisfying customers, right? Well, to satisfy customers, you need to help them save money, solve annoying problems, experience more satisfaction or pleasure, or earn a [...]
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While reading The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, I kept thinking of two other books on success I’d read recently:
Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky, and Rich by Richard St. John
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Jim Collins took an empirical look at organizations to see what they did to become successful while Richard St. John conducted hundreds of interviews [...]
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After reading Dan Pink’s remarkable little book The Adventures of Johnny Bunko last spring, I began to share its ideas with my students (business administration majors at Lincoln Christian College). I’d shared the book with a colleague or two as well and enjoyed some interesting discussion over it.
So when Dan Pink offered to send out [...]
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A professor I had in college used to tell me that if someone won’t listen to what you have to say because you’re not wearing a tie, then put on a tie, ’cause what you have to say is more important than not wearing a tie. He was right.
You might think this [...]
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37signals, creators of some very fine Web applications, announced an opening for a designer last week. Take a minute to read the posting–this is not a run-of-the-mill, back office design job. Whoever lands this has an incredible opportunity to change the look and feel of this high-profile company:
You’ll have virtual free reign. We want you [...]
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The going advice for young job seekers (read: college grads) has been "keep a clean profile." Your online profile, that is. Be careful about what you post on your blog, in MySpace/facebook, on message boards, etc. The conventional wisdom has held that your paper resume is more important than whatever you’re doing online. Avoiding anything [...]
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I continue to recommend Dan Pink’s The Adventures of Johnny Bunko to just about all the young people I know. It’s such a quick, easy, and helpful (not to mention entertaining) read that it’s hard to pass up. The book is a great conversation starter about the nature of work and career, an [...]
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The semester is over. Summer is here and students will be off to jobs, internships, weddings, and who knows what else. It also means that they might have time to do something other than homework and textbook reading. How about investing time in a good book or two?
In my business communication class, I referenced several [...]
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