July 2008

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Employee Leaving? Get The Most From Them

I recently gave notice at my full time job. Between the lengthy commute, rising gas prices and a growing side business, it was just time. In all fairness, it was something I had mentioned to my boss in passing months earlier — that I wasn’t making ends meet and I needed to make a decision.
Still, [...]

10 Things I Learned About Worklife From the Latest Issue of Glamour

Fifty-eight percent of Glamour readers say the fist bump is a total DO — apparently, it shows a real human connection between the participants. Interesting, indeed.
Skyscraping heels are in, but don’t wear them all the time to work . . . bunions, ya’ll!
It’s okay to put down the Blackberry and actually speak to people . [...]

2008 North American MAKE Panel Begins Deliberations in August

We’ll be sure to post the names of the 2008 Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Award Winners when they are announced later this year. In case you missed it, the 2007 North American winners are:

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  • Air Products & Chemicals (chemicals),
  • APQC (nonprofit),
  • Caterpillar (construction and mining equipment),
  • Fluor (engineering & construction),
  • Google (Internet searching services & portals),
  • Hewlett-Packard (computers & office equipment),
  • IBM (computers & office equipment),
  • Microsoft (computer software),
  • Raytheon (aerospace and defense), and
  • U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration Space, or NASA (exploration and aeronautics research).

Crippling the Team

“I cannot believe the way people are responding to this situation,” Lydia explained. “They know the right thing to do, but they are all wimps, now that they have to stand up for it.”
“What is your position?” I asked.
“To do the right thing. I laid out the steps we need to take, who [...]

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