Optimizing BI Dashboard Data Tables
January 30, 2008
Business Intelligence Dashboards are often lavishly illustrated with bar graphs, pie charts and other graphics of metrics and KPIs. However, as you know, the plain old data table often makes an appearance on our dashboard interfaces. How do we make these... Read more...
Making it actionable with EDM
January 30, 2008
(Posted by guest blogger, James Taylor) The Performance Guys had a post today titled "But is it "Actionable?" in which they discuss the general trend towards what is called "pervasive Business Intelligence" - that is, BI... Read more...
5 Leadership Lessons: Inside Welch’s Communication Revolution at GE
January 30, 2008
Bill Lane joined GE as a speechwriter in 1980, and became the Manager, Executive Communications for the Company, and Jack Welch’s speechwriter. In his book Jacked Up: Inside Welch's Communication Revolution at GE, he tells stories from his experiences... Read more...
How to Manage Up
January 30, 2008
A bad relationship with a boss can be a career killer. It can lead to missed opportunities to demonstrate skills, lost promotions, a damaged reputation and even a forced resignation. Many supervisors ... Read More →
Interviewing Dos and Don’ts for 2008
January 30, 2008
Looking for a new job? Everyone wants to make a great first impression and win the interviewer over. But even HR experts need some advice now and then. Ron Axelrod, the senior vice president of business development and recruiting at the New York based... Read more...
Not More Research
January 30, 2008
Byron was thinking back. “I think we have done what you suggested. Every year, in our annual business plan, we look at the cost structure in each of our project areas. And each year, we find one or two things that don’t quite measure up.” “What... Read more...
Do Your Employees Have Enough Time To Grieve?
January 30, 2008
Four years ago, my uncle passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. He lived thousands of miles from the rest of us, so there were a lot of details to take care of and people to notify. I called my boss shortly after finding out, expecting to need to take... Read more...
A New Way to Find Candidates
January 30, 2008
I got an invite earlier this week to join a new network. In the past year, I got LinkedIn. I’ve been on Facebook for years. I canceled my MySpace, because I didn’t like the content. And I have accounts at Friendster and Classmates too. But... Read more...
New Salary Data Released
January 30, 2008
The U.S. Census Bureau released information on salaries today that showed that the area of training can be as important as the level of education in terms of pay. For instance, those with vocational certificates in engineering had about the same pay as... Read more...
on-demand contractsNOW
January 30, 2008
Open Windows has this week officially launched contractsNOW (http://www.contracts-now.com), their on-demand contract management tool, although Open Windows has long been able to deliver their enterprise contract management solutions as ASP. See press... Read more...
