BBMG helped Walmart improve its already impressive sustainability record by finding ways to involve the company's employees. From that experience, they have tips on how any business can reap the benefits of healthier, cleaner workers.READ»
We continue our examination of the business book "What Got You Here, Won't Get You There" with an interview of author Marshall Goldsmith. What is the number one obstacle to change? And what is he writing now?READ»
Employee engagement has become a buzzword with no meaning in some workplace. What some managers really mean, is that they are engaged in theoretical discussions.READ»
Are you content with your job? Are you truly happy, and offer to take on extra work? Are you so content that you don't intend to leave anytime soon? If so, you're in good company, a new survey shows. Whether it indicates an economy that's shoring up, or just a lack of job options, is a trickier matter. READ»
VIDEO: Gal at ComicCon, the place where toy lovers collideThank Buddha it's Friday. A playful day, when meetings should be light 'n' easy, decisions fully reversible Monday and it's okay to occasionally flip back and forth between ...READ»
When organizations need new employees they
start up their recruiting process (preferably earlier, but that is not the topic of this article). Once the first candidates are selected the interviews will ...READ»
In the April issue of Fast Company there are quite some facts listed about stress.
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62% of Americans are stressed about work, according to the American Psychological ...READ»
I just finished the inspirational book ‘Change By Design’ from Tim Brown. You can feel the passion as Tim describes the difference between being a designer and thinking like a designer.
That passion, ...READ»
Last week I had a series of interviews with executives form a company which manufactures cancer treatment equipment.
What stood out were two things:
Leaders are not open for personal change.
The new ways of doing ...READ»
Recently I did receive a card, which mentioned that on the 17th of March a preventive maintenance call was scheduled for my heating system. There was no time mentioned.
As I was abroad at that time I did call for a ...READ»
Last Sunday I had a stopover at the airport of Frankfurt, as I was flying from Ahmedabad in India to Amsterdam. I already had a boarding pass for my flight to Amsterdam and the gate was B7 at Frankfurt airport. We were early and our ...READ»
Accountability and responsibility -- both are important, but they are NOT the same thing.AccountabilityAn accountability is an end result. Being accountable is being answerable for a result.For example, a primary ...READ»
In his book Rules of Thumb, Alan Webber writes that change is a math formula. Change happens when the cost of the status quo is greater than the risk of change:
C(SQ)>R(C)
This is valid both ...READ»
In the week before Christmas I did send an inquiry to an organization. I had to send it to their info@ address as there was no other name mentioned on their website. This raises my first comment. Many people agree on the fact ...READ»
