Topic: The Globe and Mail

Why Be Do

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Sep 1, 2004 at 1:37 PM

A member of the Vancouver Company of Friends group emailed members a pointer to today's Globe and Mail piece by Lance Secretan. In that essay, Secretan contends that good leaders focus on three important aspects of their ...READ»

CULTURE | 2 comments

(Summer)Time to Go Home

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 91
Fri Jul 15, 2005 at 7:48 PM

It's time for me to head home, I think. The office is deathly silent, and most people left around 3 or 4 p.m. We are in the days of summer Fridays here: If you work an extra hour every other day, you can take half of Friday off. Many ...READ»

CAREERS | Comment

The Hidden Costs of Workaholism

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 83
Thu Jul 9, 2009 at 9:07 PM

Workaholism is the respectable addiction in our society but it's costing organizations in terms of loss of productivity, poor relationships and employee engagement. During this recession, with the increased pressure on workers to perform, the problem is getting worse.READ»

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | 3 comments

MBA Program Trashed on Harvard Business Podcast

BY Chris Jarvis
Relevancy Score: 47
Tue May 5, 2009 at 6:20 PM

What does it take to create an outstanding leader? Apparently, not a Harvard MBA. Based on a study by Henry Mintzberg of 19 Harvard trained CEOs identified as superstars in 1990, ten were outright failures and another four are mediocre at best. Only five of the 19 seemed to be doing all right. This year alone, another 150,000 MBA's step into leadership positions in corporate America. How do MBA's become leaders we can trust?READ»

INTERNET + WEB | 5 comments

In Box Insights

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 41
Thu Aug 28, 2003 at 12:34 PM

Tim Sanders, Yahoo's chief solutions officer and author of Love Is the Killer App, offers the following guidelines for easing your email workload: CLEAR. Is it C: Connected to my job? L: List what you want me to do. E: Expectations; ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | 1 comment

Fast Company in the News

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 37
Fri Nov 7, 2003 at 4:04 PM

I just learned that a friend of mine who works for The Atlantic Monthly googles every morning for news items about the magazine. I regularly follow Web citations of the magazine and FC Now, but I've never really followed mentions of ...READ»

BLOGJAM 2006 | Comment

Where There's a Will, There's a Social Enterprise.

BY Peter Rees
Relevancy Score: 32
Tue Aug 15, 2006 at 7:18 PM

One of the hallmarks of Fast Company is a "business not-as-usual" ethic. I don't think anything captures that more than the exploration of social enterprise and the Social Capitalist awards - two examples that set Fast Company ...READ»

INFORMATION DESIGN | 1 comment

Fast Company Redesign

BY Paul Le Comte
Relevancy Score: 29
Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 5:37 AM

It's always exciting and interesting when a large company announces change. After all if there is something that defines human existence it's change, and the constant evolution of human communication. It's in our nature to ...READ»

CAREERS | Comment

Your Job Is Not Your Identity

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 28
Mon May 18, 2009 at 11:28 AM

In our society, job titles have come to define who a person is. By defining yourself by what you do rather than by who are you can put you in emotional jeopardy. By losing touch with who you are, coping with life transitions, such as job loss, can be even more difficult.READ»

GLOBAL ECONOMIC MARKETS | Comment

Are you feeling caught in the eye of the current economic storm?

BY Terrill Welch
Relevancy Score: 28
Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 3:26 PM

For months my partner and I have been closely following the global economic markets. In July we moved our savings out of mutual funds, bought six months worth of dry and canned goods, took out a month’s worth of cash, and outlined ...READ»

GREEN PORNO | Comment

Isabella Rossellini Returns With 3rd Round of Green Porno

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 24
Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM

Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno, a series of shorts from the Sundance Channel that explores sex in nature, has been a runaway hit, drawing millions of viewers on a regular basis. Now Rossellini is back for the third and final ...READ»

ARCHITECTURE | 1 comment

Dark Days for Frank Gehry

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 19
Wed Mar 4, 2009 at 11:19 AM

We recently wrote about the troubles buffeting Norman Foster. This week, it's Frank Gehry's turn: The architect synonymous with the 15-year trend towards flashy, destination architecture—witness the Simpsons appearance ...READ»

Topic: The Globe and Mail

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