Outsourcing To America
May 30, 2008
Outsourcing To America Toyota (TM) began operating in North America in the mid-1980s. It currently operates seven automotive plants there, four of which are in the U.S. A fifth plant is under production in Mississippi. Toyota employs 40,000 manufacturing... Read more...
Change Management - Why Is It So Hard?
May 30, 2008
A new Economist Intelligence Unit study investigates the state of organizational change programs, and asserts that an unstable economy won't dampen spending on change programs.In Managing change successfully (March-April 2008), sponsored by Celerant Consulting,... Read more...
UnitedHealth to Return $50 Mil to NYS Small Biz
May 30, 2008
A settlement has been reached between UnitedHealth and the state of New York. UnitedHealth was accused of overcharging employers (and thus employees). The insurer will refund $50 to New York’s small businesses that were affected. According to the... Read more...
In Case of Job Loss, Know What to Do
May 30, 2008
The Hartford Courant today has a really great article on what to do if you find yourself laid off. It’s everyones worst nightmare, but being prepared is absolutely key. The first step? Don’t panic. They weren’t kidding when they said... Read more...
A Bonus Problem
May 30, 2008
“This has nothing to do with bonuses,” Dean protested. “As I look at these goals, each attached to a bonus, every team has an internal goal, based on some efficiency. The highest efficiency for each team can best be achieved by ignoring... Read more...
Retirees Hurt by Stock Retirement Plan
May 30, 2008
The New York Times has a really interesting article today about employees of U.S. Sugar, who traded pensions for stock in the company years ago. Now that they are cashing in, they are discovering that they aren’t getting the best price possible,... Read more...
Self Assessment Best Practice 3 - Avoid Using Absolutes
May 30, 2008
Evaluators performing self assessments often find themselves awash in data suggesting their company’s performance significant lags that of competitors and top industry performers. Evidence suggesting the need to improve may be so plentiful that the... Read more...
The American Dream Is Dead
May 30, 2008
More than half of American workers say that the American dream-a nice house, car, good job, etc- is unobtainable and blame politicians for it. That’s according to a new poll by Zogby International for The Marlin Company. Of those surveyed, 74.7... Read more...
Incentives for Better Health
May 30, 2008
So, you want to save money on expenses — like employee health insurance, for example. But how? You can’t force employees to lose weight, quit smoking and start exercising. However, you can dangle a proverbial carrot before them . . . what?... Read more...
Change the Way You See Yourself
May 29, 2008
The authors that brought you Change the Way You See Everything have taken the principles of asset-based thinking and applied them more specifically to you – the individual – in Change the Way You See Yourself. Like its predecessor, this book too... Read more...
